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Jackson, jim stewart, estelle axton, deanie parker. Robert gordon has been writing about memphis music and history for more than three decades. Set in the world of 1960s and 70s soul music, respect yourself is a characterdriven story of racial integration, and. Respect yourself by robert gordon overdrive rakuten. Greil marcus profiles and stories of southern music from the acclaimed author of respect yourself. Respect yourself gives a lot of insight into how an independent record company works. Its about music and musiciansisaac hayes, otis redding, sam and dave, wilson pickett, the staple singers, and booker t.
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Robert gordon traces the rise and fall of the original stax records, touching upon the racial politics in memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they. Their success is startling, and stax soon defines an international sound. It quicklyand accidentallyunleashed a torrent of talent. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a. Stax records and the soul explosion is a meticulously researched and downright entertaining book. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960s segregated south memphis. Stax records and the soul explosion gordon, robert on. Its also a history of the time period late 50s70s of memphis and about race relations. Stax records documentary, respect yourself youtube. Memphis rent party by robert gordon overdrive rakuten.
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