Profiles and stories of Southern music from the acclaimed author of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion.
Robert Gordon has been writing about Memphis music and history for thirty years and is the author of It Came from Memphis, Can’t Be Satisfied, The King on the Road, The Elvis Treasures, and Respect Yourself. He won a Grammy in 2011 for his liner notes to the Big Star box set Keep an Eye on the Sky. His film work includes producing and directing the documentary Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story for PBS’s Great Performances, and he was also co-writer and co-director of the critically acclaimed Best of Enemies. Gordon lives in Memphis.
[A] marvelous history… Mr. Gordon captures the glory years of Stax
in a series of exciting chapters that reflect his fine ear for
prose as well as for the music the studio made.
*The Wall Street Journal on RESPECT YOURSELF*
The triumphant and tragic story of [Stax] . . . receives definitive
telling in RESPECT YOURSELF . . . Gordon imbues it all with a
wealth of fresh insight and perspective.
*The Austin Chronicle*
The voices of the members of the Stax family, and Gordon’s deep
knowledge of Memphis, give the book a significance that extends
beyond a single recording studio. Robert Gordon knows the place,
and he’ll take you there.
*The New York Times Book Review on RESPECT YOURSELF*
To read RESPECT YOURSELF is to step back into a time and place . .
. Gordon's writing goes deep within the music.
*Chicago Tribune (Best Books of the Year)*
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