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  • Soul Survivor: The Autobiography by Arnold, P. P.
    P. P. Arnold

    Soul Survivor: The Autobiography

    P.P. Arnold's story is that of a rich and varied life. From her early musical origins in powerhouse church gospel, the talented singer's career began when she joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue at the age of just seventeen. But little did the...
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  • James Brown by Scannell, John
    John Scannell

    James Brown

    For ten years between 1965 and 1975, James Brown was the most popular and cutting-edge of any black artist. As one journalist put it, "before Brown, there was music with a beat. After Brown music had found a groove." The drawing out of this...
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  • Earth Angels: The Short Lives and Controversial Deaths of Three R&B Pioneers by Bergsman, Steve
    Steve Bergsman

    Earth Angels: The Short Lives and Controversial Deaths of Three R&B Pioneers

    Recording and performing in the early 1950s, Jesse Belvin, Guitar Slim, and Johnny Ace produced at least thirteen top-25 hits between the three of them. All but forgotten in the annals of rock 'n' roll, these artists have influenced musicians as varied as Elvis...
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  • Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create by Jeffries, Judson L.
    Judson L. Jeffries

    Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create

    Contributions by Ignatius Calabria, H. Zahra Caldwell, Brian Jude de Lima, Sabatino DiBernardo, William Fulton, Antonio Garfias, Judson L. Jeffries, Tony Kiene, Molly Reinhoudt, Fred Shaheen, and Karen Turman With his signature blend of genres and lyrics that touch on myriad societal issues, the...
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  • Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create by Jeffries, Judson L.
    Judson L. Jeffries

    Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create

    Contributions by Ignatius Calabria, H. Zahra Caldwell, Brian Jude de Lima, Sabatino DiBernardo, William Fulton, Antonio Garfias, Judson L. Jeffries, Tony Kiene, Molly Reinhoudt, Fred Shaheen, and Karen Turman With his signature blend of genres and lyrics that touch on myriad societal issues, the...
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  • Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul by Ruddick, Matthew
    Matthew Ruddick

    Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul

    Rufus Thomas may not be a household name, but he is widely regarded as the patriarch of Memphis R&B, and his music influenced three generations. His first singles in the early 1950s were recorded as blues transitioned into R&B, and he was arguably one...
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  • Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans by Broven, John
    John Broven

    Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans

    A chronicle of the rise and development of a unique musical form. Inducted into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame under its original title Walking to New Orleans, this fascinating history focuses on the music of major R&B artists and the crucial contributions...
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  • Acoustic R&B for Modern Guitar: Learn Contemporary R&B Chord Voicings, Licks, Fills, Grooves & Performance Pieces by Pratt, Simon
    Simon Pratt

    Acoustic R&B for Modern Guitar: Learn Contemporary R&B Chord Voicings, Licks, Fills, Grooves & Performance Pieces

    The Ultimate Guitar Guide to Acoustic R&BSince the Neo-Soul revival of the '90s modern R&B guitar hasn't stopped evolving, and the acoustic guitar has played a vital part in its growth. This definitive guide to acoustic R&B by guitarist and bestselling author Simon Pratt...
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  • Night Train to Nashville by Iacampo, Paula
    Paula Blackman

    Night Train to Nashville: The Greatest Untold Story of Music City

    Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights.In another time and place, E. Gab Blackman and William Sousa "Sou" Bridgeforth might...
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  • Funk & Soul Covers by Wiedemann, Julius
    Julius Wiedemann

    Funk & Soul Covers

    Following the success of Jazz Covers, this volume features over 500 legendary covers from two genres of black music that have conquered the world. From Marvin Gaye to Michael Jackson, the Temptations to Earth, Wind & Fire, and James Brown to Prince, Funk &...
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  • Liberté Egalité Beyoncé: Empowering Quotes and Wisdom from Our Fierce and Flawless Queen by Davis, John
    John Davis

    Liberté Egalité Beyoncé: Empowering Quotes and Wisdom from Our Fierce and Flawless Queen

    A beautifully illustrated book featuring quotes and general wisdom from Queen Bey. Who runs the world? Beyonc runs the world. With more than 100 million solo records sold worldwide, Beyonc is one of the top selling music artists in history. She has 22 Grammy...
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  • NeoSoul Jazz Guitar Soloing: Learn to Combine The Language of Bebop and NeoSoul in Modern Fusion Guitar Solos by Whitfield, Mark
    Mark Whitfield

    NeoSoul Jazz Guitar Soloing: Learn to Combine The Language of Bebop and NeoSoul in Modern Fusion Guitar Solos

    Discover The NeoSoul Jazz Influence with a True Guitar IconMark Whitfield's NeoSoul guitar credentials are impeccable... from the seminal recording Brown Sugar by D'Angelo (the blueprint for modern NeoSoul), to collaborations with Mary J. Blige and current New York NeoSoul DJs.His jazz credentials are...
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  • Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances: A Life in Mod - From the Revival to Acid Jazz by Piller, Eddie
    Eddie Piller

    Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances: A Life in Mod - From the Revival to Acid Jazz

    This is the memoir of a teenage mod from the East End of London. A journey of discovery for a schoolboy dabbling with punk, funk, record shops, discos and clothes, and then... WHAAAM! An unstoppable wave of like-minded kids fall headlong in love with...
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  • Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor by Butler, Jerry
    Jerry Butler

    Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor

    " . . . Butler's recollections of the racially segregated 'chitlin circuit, ' the early days of the civil rights movement and fellow performers like Dinah Washington, Little Willie John and Dionne Warwick are fascinating and insightful. . . . Only the Strong Survive...
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  • Temptations: Revised and Updated by Williams, Otis
    Otis Williams

    Temptations: Revised and Updated

    Author: Otis WilliamsISBN-10: 1665201878ISBN-13: 9781665201872Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2020Format: CDWeight: 0.30lbs
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  • Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History by Selvin, Joel
    Joel Selvin

    Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History

    Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about the people who made it...until now. "...a first-hand account of both the kaleidoscopic talent that drove Stone to the top and attracted so many people to him, and the madness that he soon...
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  • Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul by Cosgrove, Stuart
    Stuart Cosgrove

    Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

    FULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITIONShortlisted for Penderyn Music PrizeDetroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967...
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  • The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World by Guralnick, Peter
    Peter Guralnick

    The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World

    A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings. In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the outskirts of...
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  • Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation by Insight Editions
    Insight Editions

    Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation

    Celebrate the culture of cool with this compact, paperback edition of the heartfelt tribute to Soul Train, a worldwide phenomenon of dance, music, and fashion. From Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the award-winning hip-hop group the Roots, comes this vibrant book commemorating the legacy of...
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  • Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops by Douglas, Tony
    Tony Douglas

    Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops

    To his many fans, he was known simply as "Mr. Excitement," a singer whose music and stage presence influenced generations of performers, from Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson. Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops looks at the life and career of this deeply troubled artist. Published...
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  • Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals by Reali, Christopher M.
    Christopher M. Reali

    Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals

    A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth...
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  • Minnie Riperton's Come to My Garden by Proctor, Brittnay L.
    Brittnay L. Proctor

    Minnie Riperton's Come to My Garden

    Come to My Garden (1970) introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, the solo artist. Minnie captivated listeners with her earth-shattering voice's uncanny ability to evoke melancholy and exultance. Born out of Charles Stepney's masterful composition and Richard Rudolph's attentive songwriting, the album fused a...
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  • Do You Remember?: Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire by Bailey, Trenton
    Trenton Bailey

    Do You Remember?: Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire

    In Do You Remember? Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire, Trenton Bailey traces the humble beginning of Maurice White, his development as a musician, and his formation of Earth, Wind & Fire, a band that became a global phenomenon during the 1970s....
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  • Do You Remember?: Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire by Bailey, Trenton
    Trenton Bailey

    Do You Remember?: Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire

    In Do You Remember? Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire, Trenton Bailey traces the humble beginning of Maurice White, his development as a musician, and his formation of Earth, Wind & Fire, a band that became a global phenomenon during the 1970s....
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  • Chuck Berry: An American Life by Smith, Rj
    Rj Smith

    Chuck Berry: An American Life

    The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions, whose...
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  • Soul Survivor by Arnold, P. P.
    P. P. Arnold

    Soul Survivor

    P.P. Arnold's story is that of a rich and varied life. From her early musical origins in powerhouse church gospel, the talented singer's career began when she joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue at the age of just seventeen. But little did the...
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  • R&B: Saxophone Play-Along Volume 2 Includes Parts for BB & Eb Saxophones by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    R&B: Saxophone Play-Along Volume 2 Includes Parts for BB & Eb Saxophones

    (Saxophone Play-Along). The Saxophone Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music (including parts for B-flat and E-flat saxophones), listen to the audio to hear how the sax should sound, and then play along using the...
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  • The Beyonce Effect: Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism by Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne
    Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

    The Beyonce Effect: Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism

    Since her late-1990s debut as a member of the R&B trio Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles has garnered both praise and criticism. While some consider her an icon of female empowerment, others see her as detrimental to feminism and representing a negative image of women...
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  • The Guitar Collection -- Rhythm & Blues: 65 Soul, Blues, and Funk Classics by Alfred Music
    Alfred Music

    The Guitar Collection -- Rhythm & Blues: 65 Soul, Blues, and Funk Classics

    The Guitar Collection: Rhythm & Blues contains 65 key R&B songs from past greats such as Sam Cooke, Al Green, and James Brown, all the way up to instant classics by contemporary artists like Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, and Alicia Keys. Every book...
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  • 100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar: Master the Styles of the Funk Guitar Legends - From Jimmy Nolen to Cory Wong by Allworth, Steve
    Steve Allworth

    100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar: Master the Styles of the Funk Guitar Legends - From Jimmy Nolen to Cory Wong

    Ready To Get Funked Up?! Nothing teaches more about playing "in the pocket" grooves than Funk guitar! And 100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar teaches you to play in the style of the Funk legends... from Jimmy Nolen (James Brown) to Nile Rodgers through...
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  • Chicago Soul by Pruter, Robert
    Robert Pruter

    Chicago Soul

    Curtis Mayfield. Etta James. The Chi-Lites. Chess Records. Jerry Butler. Fontella Bass. Chicago was soul music from the late 1950s through the late 1970s. Chicago Soul chronicles the emergence of Chicago soul music out of the city's thriving rhythm-and-blues industry and shows how it...
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  • Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues by Garon, Paul
    Paul Garon

    Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues

    A vivid portrait of one of the blues' most influential female artists, and the popular poetry of her lyrics.Author: Paul Garon, Beth GaronISBN-10: 0872866211ISBN-13: 9780872866218Publisher: City Lights BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2014Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.98h x 5.35w x 0.85d
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  • Prince: A Portrait of the Artist by Sexton, Paul
    Paul Sexton

    Prince: A Portrait of the Artist

    Explore the seductive story of the unique artist that was Prince through this stunning collection of rarely-seen items and photographs.Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories & Memorabilia is a beautifully illustrated biography of a musician of unparalleled talent. Featuring a foreword by...
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  • Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson [With 2] by Slutsky, Allan
    Allan Slutsky

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown Book/Online Audio [With 2]

    (Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star...
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  • It Came from Memphis: Updated and Revised by Gordon, Robert
    Robert Gordon

    It Came from Memphis: Updated and Revised

    Vienna in the 1880s. Paris in the 1920s. Memphis in the 1950s. These are the paradigm shifts of modern culture. Memphis then was like Seattle with grunge or Brooklyn with hip-hop-except the change was more than musical: Underground Memphis embraced black American culture when...
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  • Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios by Jones, Roben
    Roben Jones

    Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios

    Memphis Boys chronicles the story of the rhythm section at Chips Moman's American Studios from 1964, when the group began working together, until 1972, when Moman shut down the studio and moved the entire operation to Atlanta. Utilizing extensive interviews with Moman and the...
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  • Ladies of Soul by Freeland, David
    David Freeland

    Ladies of Soul

    American soul music of the 1960s is one of the most creative and influential musical forms of the twentieth century. With its merging of gospel, R&B, country, and blues, soul music succeeded in crossing over from African American culture into the general pop culture....
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  • Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-Hop by Hoffmann, Frank
    Frank Hoffmann

    Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-Hop

    Influenced by the blues as well as West African and African-American sounds, rhythm and blues, rap, and hip-hop have become popular and influential forms of music around the world. Featuring soulful lyrics, hard-driving beats, and infectious rhythms, these genres form a rich branch of...
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  • Why Solange Matters by Phillips, Stephanie
    Stephanie Phillips

    Why Solange Matters

    Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange continually experimented with her sound and embarked on...
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  • Standing on the Verge and Maggot Brain by Matejka, Adrian
    Adrian Matejka

    Standing on the Verge and Maggot Brain

    A collaboration of visual art and poetry inspired by Funkadelic's classic albums Standing on the Verge of Getting It On and Maggot Brain. Adrian Matejka's (Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry for The Big Smoke) new book Standing On the Verge & Maggot Brain is...
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  • All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul by Bogdanov, Vladimir
    Vladimir Bogdanov

    All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul

    This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. A member of the definitive All Music Guide series, the All Music Guide to Soul offers nearly 8 500...
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  • Love Factory: The History of Holland Dozier Holland by Priestley, Howard
    Howard Priestley

    Love Factory: The History of Holland Dozier Holland

    2022 Winner of the Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research - Association of Recorded Sound Collections ARSC It has long been acknowledged that Berry Gordy Jr and his Motown Empire put Detroit on the International musical map but it was the creative...
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  • The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s by Lordi, Emily J.
    Emily J. Lordi

    The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s

    In The Meaning of Soul, Emily J. Lordi proposes a new understanding of this famously elusive concept. In the 1960s, Lordi argues, soul came to signify a cultural belief in black resilience, which was enacted through musical practices--inventive cover versions, falsetto vocals, ad-libs, and...
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  • I Ain't Studdin' YA: My American Blues Story by Rush, Bobby
    Bobby Rush

    I Ain't Studdin' YA: My American Blues Story

    Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush. This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr....
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  • Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World by Less, David A.
    David A. Less

    Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World

    Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world -- Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever "David Less has captured the essence of the Memphis music experience on these pages in...
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  • Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper by Rebennack, Mac
    Mac Rebennack

    Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper

    Under a Hoodoo Moon is one of rock's most original and infectious autobiographies. In its pages, Dr. John, the alchemist of New Orleans psychedelic funk, tells his story, and what a story it is: of four decades on the road, on the charts, in...
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  • Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir by Clinton, George
    George Clinton

    Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir

    **ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ROLLING STONE**The captivating memoir from "the emperor of intergalactic funk" (NPR) and most influential pop artists of our time--known for over forty R&B hit singles--George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic.George Clinton began his musical career in...
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  • Southern Man: Music & Mayhem in the American South: A Memoir by Walden, Alan
    Alan Walden

    Southern Man: Music & Mayhem in the American South: A Memoir

    "We developed reputations real fast. We treated our entertainers right. We got them paid. Other agents and promoters and managers showed them the money. We got them the money. We brought respect to the African American artist in America. We brought them prestige. We...
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  • Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music by Whitley, Carla Jean
    Carla Jean Whitley

    Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music

    An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers." Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid...
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  • It Ain't Retro: Daptone Records & the 21stcentury Soul Revolution by Lipsky, Jessica
    Jessica Lipsky

    It Ain't Retro: Daptone Records & the 21st-Century Soul Revolution

    Soul is the most powerful expression of American music--a distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the sounds of Motown or Stax Records died along with 8-tracks and macramé, you'd be wrong....
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