Robert Gordon
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
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2002
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Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
7 editions
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2013
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It Came From Memphis
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6 editions
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1995
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Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown
2 editions
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2018
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More Than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies
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2002
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Degas
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Monet
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3 editions
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1983
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The Last Flowers of Manet
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3 editions
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1986
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"Then Bowa Said to Schmidt. . .": The Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told
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2013
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The Elvis Treasures
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2002
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“Sam Moore had scuffled his way into hosting a talent show at a nightclub, the King of Hearts, in his hometown of Miami. Dave Prater was a bread baker. Sam remembers that when Dave signed up for that week’s show, he was wearing his baker’s whites; wherever he walked, he left behind white flour shoe prints. At the auditions, Dave sang a Jackie Wilson song, “Doggin’ Around,” but realized he didn’t know the verses. Sam, whose job depended on selecting acts that would produce a good show, agreed to stay close during the performance and feed him the lines. But that night, Sam’s foot caught the microphone cable, and as the mike began to fall, Dave went down to catch it and Sam went down to catch Dave. Choreographers couldn’t have written it better: They came up together, singing and with the mike in hand. In that little mix-up, an act was born that would last the better part of twenty-two years and would remain forever a part of the public consciousness.”
― Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
― Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
“But the blues is a more sustained illumination, against the humiliation, rage, and sadness of life, and in turn invests the artist with not eternal youth but a scarred mortality, blessed with poetry.”
― Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown
― Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown
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