Table of Contents
Foreword Peter Guralnick ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Mutual Admiration 7
Chapter 2 Race Relations 13
Chapter 3 Black Neighborhood Schools 26
Chapter 4 The Racial Bridge 34
Chapter 5 That Was Just Memphis 41
Chapter 6 The Memphis Beat 50
Chapter 7 Ghosts Walked among Them 60
Chapter 8 City Mice and Country Mice 68
Chapter 9 Jazz: Teachers and Students 78
Chapter 10 Booker and Doughbelly 88
Chapter 11 Saints and Sinners 93
Chapter 12 Heads or Tails or … 102
Chapter 13 Sam Phillips and the Birth of Rock and Roll 108
Chapter 14 Radio and Television 120
Chapter 15 Joe Cuoghi and John Novarese 131
Chapter 16 Hi Records: Biracial Recording 138
Chapter 17 Hi Records: Willie Steps Up 143
Chapter 18 Stax: The Torch Is Passed 149
Chapter 19 The End of the Sixties: Big Changes for Stax 155
Chapter 20 American and Ardent Studios 161
Chapter 21 The End of Stax, Hi, and American 168
Chapter 22 A New Paradigm 175
Chapter 23 The Dawn of Punk 179
Chapter 24 Music Tourism: Memphis Cashes In 185
Epilogue 191
Chronology of Significant Events in Memphis Music 197
Acknowledgments 205
Notes 208