num_pages: 384
description: A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.
language: English
title: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
titlecomplete: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
genres: Cultural, Biography, American, Reference, Music, Nonfiction, 20th Century, Unfinished, History, African American
ratings_count: 2292
publisher: Back Bay Books