Mystery Train
1975 · 528 pages
Still the sharpest book written about rock and roll. Marcus treats Elvis, Robert Johnson, and Sly Stone as American artists on the scale of Melville, reading their records for what America is.
★ 5.1
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Last Train to Memphis
1994 · 576 pages
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.
★ 5.1