jwmcoaching's review against another edition
3.0
Robert Gordon's 2001 expose on Memphis, Tennessee and its colorful music scene people with interesting underground characters included is like an oral tradition teaching session. It's nearly 300 pages of back porch gossip and factual chatter. And I mean that in a good way. Gordon chronicles the underside of the city's musical life; the aspects of it that not as many people know about. Especially if you're not a native. My Dad lives in Memphis, so I figured I knew the city to a certain extent. Man, I don't know anything! Gordon starts out with the early bluesmen and works his way right up to Big Star and Alex Chilton. The book gets to be a little slow in spots and it does veer towards tedium a couple of times. However, it's still a worthy read if you're a music fan of any kind.
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