Feel Like Going Home

This vivid celebration of blues and early rock ''n'' roll includes some of the first and most illuminating profiles of such blues masters as Muddy Waters, Skip James, and Howlin'' Wolf; excursions into the blues-based Memphis rock ''n'' roll of Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and the Sun record label; and a brilliant depiction of the bustling Chicago blues scene and the legendary Chess record label in its final days. With unique insight and unparalleled access, Peter Guralnick brings to life the people, the songs, and the performance that forever changed not only the American music scene but America itself.>

Préface
Feel Like Going Home brings to life the legendary musicians, songs, and labels of blues and early rock 'n' roll, capturing the drama on and off stage, the wrenching lyrics and the driving rhythms that changed performance, engagement and lives in America and around the world.

Auteur

Peter Guralnick has written extensively on American music and musicians. His books include the prize-winning two-volume Elvis Presley biography, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; the acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Sweet Soul Music, Lost Highway and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; and the novel Nighthawk Blues.