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Memphis Calling

Robert Gordon revisits his rollicking tale of a revolutionary musical city

By David Wesley Williams |

Robert Gordon’s It Came From Memphis celebrates wild times and transformative music by shining a light on the likes of Furry Lewis, Mud Boy and the Neutrons, Big Star, disc jockey Dewey Phillips, and wrestler Sputnik Monroe.

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Putting the Music First

Memphis Mayhem is an insider’s history of the city’s sound

By David Wesley Williams |

No wonder so many writers have made Memphis their subject, this city that changed the world through sound. Now comes David A. Less with Memphis Mayhem, a slim volume touted by its publisher as the “definitive story of the birthplace of rock and roll.”

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