FREE SWEET SOUL MUSIC: RHYTHM AND BLUES AND THE SOUTHERN DREAM OF FREEDOM PDF Peter Guralnick | 384 pages | 01 Jul 1999 | Little, Brown & Company | 9780316332736 | English | New York, United States Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick Peter Guralnick born December 15,in BostonMassachusetts is an American music criticauthor, and screenwriter. Guralnick graduated from Boston University in with a master's degree in creative writing. Guralnick's first two books, Almost Grown and Mister Downchildwere collections of short stories published by the Larry Stark Pressa small press in Cambridge, Massachusettsdevoted to stories and poems. Encompassing more than 1, pages including 1, pages of textthe work was an in-depth, scholarly examination of Presley's life and music. He also contributed the complete text for the page hardcover book accompanying the disc CD boxed set, The Complete Elvis Presley Masters. In contrast to contemporaries such as Lester BangsIan Penman and Nick Toscheswhose music writings are marked by idiosyncratic, self-referential and highly personal styles, Guralnick's writing is characterized by a colloquial approach that is clean and understated by comparison. On October 21,it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio will portray Sam Phillips in the forthcoming film based on Guralnick's book. Peter also has a sister, Susan and brother, Thomas. The camp closed Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom They have a son and daughter, Jacob and Nina. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediatelyespecially if potentially libelous or harmful. Clarksville AR: University of the Ozarks. Nashville Review. Nashville TN: Vanderbilt University. 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Jerry Reuss - Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music This collection has access restrictions. For details, please see the restrictions. This is a finding aid. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information. The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog. Peter Guralnick is a white author and historian of American roots and popular music. Guralnick has written fiction, short stories, screenplays, music Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, nonfiction anthologies, and biographies, chiefly focusing on the musicians and music of the American South, including country, blues, gospel, soul, and rock 'n roll, from the s and s. Peter Guralnick was born in Boston, Mass. He began writing music reviews and articles for British blues magazines and Crawdaddy! The collection contains materials related to the writings of Peter Guralnick, including published and unpublished drafts, and production, promotion, and research materials. Series 1 Book-length Projects consists of drafts and outlines; production galleys and proofs; promotional materials, including reviews of Guralnick's books; some correspondence between Guralnick, editors, publishers, and reviewers; and research files and interviews with musicians, producers, and others. Series 1. Note that Series 1. Series 2 Other Writings consists of published and unpublished writings and drafts. Materials include notebooks, ; drafts of stories, essays, and articles, ; and published works, Published works are chiefly clippings of articles and reviews by Guralnick. There is also a small amount of clippings of articles and reviews written by others about Peter Guralnick, Series 3 Subject Files consists of research files and interviews collected by Peter Guralnick that he did not file with his book-length projects. Series 3. There are also interviews conducted by Peter Guralnick and others with friends and associates of Elvis Presley, including a significant number of interviews with Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips, and Jerry Schilling. Materials in Series 3. Series 4 Published Books consists of multiple editions and translated versions of Peter Guralnick's bound, published books, including books edited by Guralnick and books featuring essays, forewords, and introductions written by Guralnick. Series 5 Audiovisual Materials consists of audio and video recordings created and compiled by Peter Guralnick. Audio recordings are chiefly interviews by Guralnick and others, including Alexandra Guralnick, Lee Hildebrand, Jerry Hopkins, Ernst Jorgensen, Michael Ochs, and Dick Waterman, in addition to radio and television interviews with Guralnick, phone conversations, music performances, listening sessions, research musings, and other documentary recordings. The collection also contains "Interview Copy Tapes", or reproductions of audio recordings by Guralnick and others as part of research on Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, and other subjects. Video recordings consist of copies, or dubs, of documentaries and live performances compiled by Peter Guralnick. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, digital audio tape DATopen reel audio tape, and 8-track tape, while video recordings are on VHS and Betamax. Series 6 Peter Guralnick Website includes a weblog with entries written by Guralnick and others; a summary of Guralnick's career; a list of Guralnick's published books with descriptions and links to commercial websites for purchase; a press release announcing the publication of Guralnick's books in electronic book format; and a schedule of appearances. Note that Peter Guralnick's original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid, and original folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Guralnick's folders have notes written on them related to the contents. The Additions of and include materials that Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom with materials arranged into Series 1 through 5. Drafts include handwritten notes and outlines, typed drafts, and clippings. Production files contain galleys, proofs, and other materials relating to the production of Peter Guralnick's published books. Promotion files include promotional materials, reviews, and articles of Guralnick's books. Research files include interviews conducted by Guralnick and by others, as well as photocopies of archival materials and clippings collected by Guralnick. Some correspondence with editors and publishers is also included. Published Typed draft of manuscript for Mister Downchild. See also series 2. Arrangement: Note that Guralnick's original folder titles follow the "Drafts" and "Production" designations assigned by the archivist. Drafts and production materials relating Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom Feel Like Going Homeincluding outlines, notes, drafts, galleys, and isolated correspondence with editor Robert Somme. See Series 1. Drafts and galleys, with handwritten notes and Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, clippings, and typed drafts with handwritten edits. Notes, outlines, and typed drafts of introduction. Also includes clippings from the Real Paper and the New Yorker. Arrangement: Note that Guralnick's original folder titles follow the "Drafts," "Production," and "Promotion" designations assigned Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom the archivist. Drafts, production, and promotion materials relating to Nighthawk Bluesincluding materials with the alternate title "Dirty Mother. Drafts and production material relating to original publication of Listener's Guide to the Blues. Arrangement: Note that Guralnick's original folder titles follow the "Drafts," "Production," "Promotion," and "Research" designations assigned by the archivist. Drafts, production, promotion, and research materials relating to original publication, second edition, and French translation of Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. Alexander, Booker T. Drafts, production, and promotion materials relating to Searching for Robert Johnson. Drafts include handwritten notes and chapter outlines. See Series 3. See Series 4 Published Works for published copies of the book. Publishers in Boston, Mass. Clippings and photocopied reviews of Last Train to Memphis. Drafts and production materials relating