Title: The Pinnacle of rock and roll biography
Product review: As a preface, I'm a fan of rock music and as Elvis was the personification of rock in the late fifities, I'm also a fan of his early pre-movie work. Taken together the two volumes are a masterwork of rock biography and should be the standard set for rock bios to come. This volume is a retelling of the long spiral down from his Army years to his last days. It's less sensational than the Goldman work of several years ago and more penetrating. Mr. Gurainick chronicles the change in his later years by showing how his changing attitudes affected his concert performances and set list. Some parts changed my views of the last years. Others confirmed some already held opinions Most importantly, when I finished the book, I had a sense of sadness at the waste of talent as poor judgments steer him from his 50's greatness to the mediocrity of his Hollywood and Vegas years. We really do see the "Unmaking" of the man portrayed in Last Train to Memphis.
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