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Amazing book especially with a streaming service

Revisado: 09-21-18

Rick Hall was an amazing person and he left this world a better place. He inspired me with his ability to be productive and creative in the midst of overwhelming tragedy. Musicians will find the book fascinating. Rick wrote the book in a personal, first person style and he narrated the first chapter. Have a music app handy. One where you can build a playlist. I tried to capture nearly every song from FAME studios he called out. The playlist is epic. There are artists that are less familiar like Jimmy Hughes, Arthur Alexander, Tommy Roe, the Tams, Joe Simone, Joe Tex; and of course artists you know instantly like Percy Sledge, Wilson Picket, Jimmy Cliff, and Aretha. Rick details his rise from poverty and tragedy to fame. His mother abandoned him. He paints a horrid picture of speeding to a hospital, after a violent car accident, with his first wife (barely 16 years old) dying on his lap. Immediately after that, a tractor Rick bought his father, crushed his dad to death. He gives us insight into his success: misguided partnerships, early distribution deals, studio dynamics, song pitching, dealings with Chet Atkins and Jerry Wexler from Atlantic records. He takes us on the winding path from those tragic beginnings, to his transformation into an independent record producer and super star sought out by Bod Dylan, Paul Simon and the Rolling Stones. "I loved Duane Allman," Rick tells us, and we can grasp something of Duane's transcendent genius through Rick's earthy, tangible prose. A great book, well narrated and worth several listens.

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