# Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing - Hardcover

by **Peter Guralnick** (Author)

**By the bestselling author of _Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll_ and _Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley_, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of blues, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll.**

It covers old ground from new perspectives, offering deeply felt, masterful, and strikingly personal portraits of creative artists, both musicians and writers, at the height of their powers.

"You put the book down feeling that its sweep is vast, that you have read of giants who walked among us," rock critic Lester Bangs wrote of Guralnick's earlier work in words that could just as easily be applied to this new one. And yet, for all of the encomiums that Guralnick's books have earned for their remarkable insights and depth of feeling, _Looking to Get Lost_ is his most personal book yet. For readers who have grown up on Guralnick's unique vision of the vast sweep of the American musical landscape, who have imbibed his loving and lively portraits and biographies of such titanic figures as Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, and Sam Phillips, there are multiple surprises and delights here, carrying on and extending all the themes, fascinations, and passions of his groundbreaking earlier work.

**One of NPR's Best Books of 2020  
One of _Kirkus Review/Rolling Stone_'s Top Music Books of 2020  
One of _No Depression_'s Best Books of 2020**

### Author Biography

**Peter Guralnick**'s books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, _Last Train to Memphis_ and _Careless Love_; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, _Feel Like Going Home, Lost Highway,_ and _Sweet Soul Music_; the biographical inquiry _Searching for Robert Johnson;_ and _Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke_.

Guralnick won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, wrote and co-produced the documentary _Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll_, and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese's blues documentary _Feel Like Going Home_. His 2015 book _Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll_ was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is _Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing_.

**Number of Pages:** 576

**Dimensions:** 1.9 x 9.4 x 5.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 27, 2020

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