Where the Dead Voices Gather (Hardcover, 1st ed)

Nick Tosches

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Only Nick Tosches, bestselling author of Dino and The Devil and Sonny Liston, could have woven this irresistible tale: part mystery, part biography, part meditation on the meaning and power of music.

A forgotten singer from the early days of jazz is at the center of this riveting narrative. For twenty years, Nick Tosches searched for facts about the life of Emmett Miller, a yodeling blackface performer whose songs prefigured jazz, country, blues, and much of the popular music of the twentieth century. Beginning with a handful of 78-rpm records and ending at a tombstone in a Macon, Georgia graveyard, Tosches pieces together a life—and illuminates the spirit of musicmakers from Cab Calloway to Bob Dylan, from Homer to the Rolling Stones.

This is a brilliant, inspired journey by one of the most original writers at work today.

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Imprint:	Little, Brown
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Nick Tosches
Dimensions:	228 x 150 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-89507-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Promotions
LSN:	0-316-89507-5
Barcode:	9780316895071