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Preston Lauterbach
Preston Lauterbach is author of the American music classic The Chitlin’ Circuit (2011) as well as two secret histories of Black culture, Beale Street Dynasty (2015) and Bluff City (2019). Preston has co-authored three memoirs with significant figures in Black music, including Brother Robert (2020) with the stepsister of bluesman Robert Johnson, Timekeeper (2021) with Memphis soul drummer Howard Grimes, and the forthcoming biography of the Blind Boys of Alabama (2023). His works have earned book of the year recognition from the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Rolling Stone.
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Before Elvis
In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise. After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and…
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Spirit of the Century
An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with…
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Brother Robert
A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020“[Brother Robert} book does much to pull the blues master out of the fog of myth.”—Rolling StoneAn intimate…