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Book · 1994 · Nonfiction

Last Train to Memphis

Peter Guralnick
Back Bay Books · 576 pages
★ 5.1 editorial score

A shy Memphis truck driver walks into Sun Records and remakes American music. Guralnick carries Elvis to the Army with no sneer and no myth. Bob Dylan said it cancels out all others.

Subject
Rock music
Setting
Memphis
Time
1994Depicts 1950s

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“Give up, just quit, because in this life, you can't win. Yeah, you can try, but in the end you're just gonna lose, big time, because the world is run by the Man. The Man, oh, you don't know the Man? Well, he's everywhere. In the White House, down the hall, Miss Mullins, she's the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, and he's burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank, ok? And there used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock 'n roll, but guess what, oh no, the Man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don't waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome 'cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just give up!”

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