Eric Wolfson

Elvis Presley's From Elvis in Memphis (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Classic Rock book of 2020

"I had to leave town for a little while--" with these words, Elvis Presley truly came home to rock and roll. A little over a month earlier he had staged rock's first and greatest comeback in a television program, forever known as "The '68 Comeback Special." With this show, he resurrected himself--at the age of 33, no less--from the ashes of a career mired in bad movies and soundtracks. So where to go from here?

Like a killer returning to the scene of the crime, Elvis came back home to Memphis, where it had all begun. Eschewing the fancier studios of Nashville and Hollywood, he set up shop at the ramshackle American Sound Studio, run by a maverick named Chips Moman with an in-house backing band now known as "The Memphis Boys," and made the music of his life. The resulting work, From Elvis in Memphis, would be the finest studio album of his career, an explosion of mature confidence and fiery inspiration. It was the sound of Elvis establishing himself as a true rock and roll artist--and proving his status as a legend.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501355400
• Artikelnr.: 60339176

Autorenporträt

Eric Wolfson is the author of the critically acclaimed 33 1/3 book From Elvis in Memphis. He runs the accompanying website, www.fromelvisinmemphis.com, and is active on Twitter (@EricWolfson) and Instagram (@EricWolfson). He lives in Washington, D.C., and works in the Performing Arts Division of the U.S. Copyright Office.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Prologue: From Elvis in Hell The Cover: From Elvis in
Burbank 1 The Arrival 2 The Great Advice 3 The Promise 4 The Funeral
Procession 5 The Tear-Stained Pillow 6 The Departure Interlude: From Elvis
in Purgatory 7 The Shaking 8 The Backroads 9 The Confession 10 The Cotton
Dress 11 The Beautiful Bird 12 The Vicious Cycle The Back Cover: From Elvis
in Vegas Epilogue: From Elvis in Paradise Works Cited