He had all the intricacy of the very simple". It was not in him to say anything malicious. The recollections of Marion Keisker, the secretary at Sun records who recognised something special in the polite teenager's voice, help throw some light on the enigma surrounding Elvis: "He was like a mirror in a way: whatever you were looking for, you were going to find in him. And while this tale was already one of the more familiar in post-war history, Guralnick always manages to brings something fresh to the telling. Last Train to Memphis is the first part of Peter Gurlanick's epic two-volume life of rock 'n' roll's founding father-and when no less an authority than Bob Dylan writes that "this book cancels out all others", you know Guralnick must be doing something right.Įxhaustive and thorough, though always written from a sympathetic standpoint, this first volume covers the early days: the extraordinary story of a poor young truck driver who came out of nowhere and conquered the world-all within the space of two short years.
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