Sam Phillips biography nearly ready

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Sam Phillips biography nearly ready

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What a combination...

Peter Guralnick, probably the most well-informed and well-balanced interpreter-writer of Blues and Rock'nRoll history;

Sam Phillips, one of the most courageous visionaries who promoted Black roots music for the mainstream market;

Guralnick meets Phillips by helping Sam swab out Sun Studio after a flood...and now has completed what's gonna be IMHO the definitive biography. This interview alone's got my Rocket
88 revvin':

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/04...lips-biography
Doug