Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, author, and screenwriter.
Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley in 1994, followed by Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc.
He specializes in the history of early rock and roll and has written on Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Sam Cooke. ==Career== Guralnick graduated from Boston University in 1971 with a master's degree in creative writing.
In 1971, he succeeded his grandfather as director of an athletic camp for boys, Camp Alton on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Guralnick previously wrote about Presley in the 1976 first edition of The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll; his article has been reprinted in each subsequent edition.
The camp closed in 1992. He has been married for over 45 years to Alexandra.
Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley in 1994, followed by Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc.
He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010; his works – Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues, Country and Rock 'n' Roll, Lost Highways: Journeys & Arrivals of American Musicians, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom were designated as blues literature classics. He won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club in 1994, one of his six nominations for the award.
Archived from the original, 2001-05-26. Music Historian Peter Guralnick — Serious Jibber Jabber with Conan O'Brien (May'13?) discuss PG's 1994 book Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIz5iJbJgY] ==References== ==External links== For Guralnick, birthday bash starts the Elvis bandwagon rolling By Clarissa Sansone, March 2002.
Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley in 1994, followed by Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc.
They have a son and daughter, Jacob and Nina. ==Books== Reprinted 1999.
==Interviews== "An Interview with Peter Guralnick" by Griffin Ondaatje and Craig Proctor, Brick: A Literary Journal, Issue 62, Spring 1999. .
City Pages Media, January 13, 1999.
By Robert Baird, May 2000.
Archived from the original, 2001-05-26. Music Historian Peter Guralnick — Serious Jibber Jabber with Conan O'Brien (May'13?) discuss PG's 1994 book Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIz5iJbJgY] ==References== ==External links== For Guralnick, birthday bash starts the Elvis bandwagon rolling By Clarissa Sansone, March 2002.
Archived from the original, 2001-05-26. Music Historian Peter Guralnick — Serious Jibber Jabber with Conan O'Brien (May'13?) discuss PG's 1994 book Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIz5iJbJgY] ==References== ==External links== For Guralnick, birthday bash starts the Elvis bandwagon rolling By Clarissa Sansone, March 2002.
Archived from the original 2002-02-12. "Elvis Presley: Baby What You Want Me To Do".
Guralnick scripted Sam Cooke – Legend, narrated by Jeffrey Wright. He has written liner notes for albums including Charlie Rich's last album Pictures and Paintings and the last three Jerry Lee Lewis albums Last Man Standing, Mean Old Man and Rock and Roll Time. He began teaching at Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 2005 in the Masters in Fine Arts program, ranked by Poets & Writers Magazine as one of the top 15 such programs in the US.
He also contributed the complete text for the 240-page hardcover book accompanying the 2010 30-disc CD boxed set, The Complete Elvis Presley Masters. In contrast to contemporaries such as Lester Bangs, Ian Penman and Nick Tosches, whose music writings are marked by idiosyncratic, self-referential and highly personal styles, Guralnick's writing is characterized by a colloquial approach that is clean and understated by comparison.
He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010; his works – Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues, Country and Rock 'n' Roll, Lost Highways: Journeys & Arrivals of American Musicians, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom were designated as blues literature classics. He won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club in 1994, one of his six nominations for the award.
On October 21, 2016, it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio will portray Sam Phillips in the forthcoming film based on Guralnick's book.
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