Ex J. Geils frontman
Peter Wolf on a compelling chronicle of roots pioneers:
Lost Highway had a great influence on my musical development, and it has remained important to me throughout my life. It’s about my musical heroes and, as Guralnick writes, “people whose stories have not often been told.” Though it was published in the late ’70s, the portraits of Elvis, Bobby “Blue” Bland and more have a timeless quality that will continue to be meaningful to any music fan.
This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on the road.
