GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN: Memphis: Splendor, Enigma & Death

GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN: Memphis: Splendor, Enigma & Death

by Tav Falco
GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN: Memphis: Splendor, Enigma & Death

GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN: Memphis: Splendor, Enigma & Death

by Tav Falco

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Overview

Ghost Behind The Sun, 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. Illustrated throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781909923461
Publisher: Elektron Ebooks
Publication date: 11/06/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 6 MB
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