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Mystery Train

Mystery Train

by Greil Marcus (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $7.02
Synopsis

A special 25th anniversary edition of this classic study of American rock and roll focusing on Sly Stone, Randy Newman and Elvis Presley amongst many others. The book looks at the American dream touching on myth, landscape and oral tradition of the continent.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New ed of 5 Revised ed
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 06 Nov 2000
ISBN 10: 0571204821
ISBN 13: 9780571204823

Media Reviews
Gets as close to the heart and soul of America and American music as the best of rock n roll.
Bruce Springsteen
The finest examination to date of American popular music.
Alan Light, Entertainment Weekly
Probably the best book ever written about rock.
Rolling Stone
aGets as close to the heart and soul of America and American music as the best of rock ana roll.a
aBruce Springsteen
aThe finest examination to date of American popular music.a
aAlan Light, Entertainment Weekly
aProbably the best book ever written about rock.a
a Rolling Stone
?Gets as close to the heart and soul of America and American music as the best of rock ?n? roll.?
?Bruce Springsteen

?The finest examination to date of American popular music.?
?Alan Light, Entertainment Weekly

?Probably the best book ever written about rock.?
? Rolling Stone
Author Bio
Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco in 1945. He is the au thor of Mystery Train, Invisible Republic, Lipstick Traces and Double Trouble, and the editor of Lester Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. In 1998 he curated the exhibition '1948' at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Marcus writes a bi-weekly column for salon.com and a monthly column for Interview. He was described by John Rockwell in the New York Times as 'a writer of rare perception and a genuinely innovative thinker'. Greil Marcus lives in Berkeley, California.