Memphis Rent Party

"Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right." —Keith Richards"An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you." —Elvis Costello"Robert Gordon's book is proof that Southern heritage is American heritage, and all sorts of people—black and white, familiar and strange, dead and alive—are what it is." —Greil MarcusProfiles and stories of Southern music from the acclaimed author of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion. The fabled city of Memphis has been essential to American music—home of the blues, the birthplace of rock and roll, a soul music capital. We know the greatest hits, but celebrated author Robert Gordon takes us to the people and places history has yet to record. A Memphis native, he whiles away time in a...