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Ghosts Behind the Sun Splendor, Enigma and Death by Tav Falco (2011) 1st Edition
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- ISBN
- 9781840681819
- Book Title
- Ghosts Behind the Sun-Splendor, Enigma and Death
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Scb Distributors
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music, History, Social Science
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 30.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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Tav Falco's sprawling study of Memphis begins with the Civil War massacre at Fort Pillow, the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 and the grisly murders of the Harp Brothers. Falco traces these legends of Reconstruction-era Memphis to an equally brutal twentieth century underworld -- Beale Street kingpin Jim Canaan, Edward Crump's political machine, the Dixie Mafia, and others. Also included are revelatory dialogues concerning the city's many music legends, from rockabilly icons Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Feathers to more underground figures such as Jim Dickinson and country blues wailer Jessie Mae Hemphill. Interwoven with these accounts is an autobiographical history of Falco's own time in Memphis, including his involvement with performance art ensemble Insect Trust, working with pop/rock maverick Alex Chilton, and the formation of his seminal rock and roll band, Panther Burns. The book also contains over 80 illuminating photographs, mostly previously unseen originals by Falco. GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN is Volume One of MONDO MEMPHIS, a dual encyclopedic history of Memphis written by Tav Falco and cultural critic Erik Morse. Volume Two, Morse's roman noir, BLUFF CITY UNDERGROUND, will be published in 2012. MONDO MEMPHIS is both an original history of the gothic South and an intertext of the urban legends, rural fables and literary clich s that have made the Bluff City both a metropolis of dreams and a necropolis of terrors..
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Publisher
Scb Distributors
ISBN-10
1840681810
ISBN-13
9781840681819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109296236
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ghosts Behind the Sun-Splendor, Enigma and Death
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
30.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F444.M557
Reviews
"This book is the bible of dixie-fried rockabilly psychosis and Memphis beat art underground true crime history myth -- read it and scream for hell." --- Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream, "This book is the bible of dixie-fried rockabilly psychosis and Memphis beat art underground true crime history myth - read it and scream for hell." -- Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream, "This book is the bible of dixie-fried rockabilly psychosis and Memphis beat art underground true crime history myth read it and scream for hell." - Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
976.819
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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interesting take on Memphis history & music written by one that lived and breathed the fumes of bluff city.
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