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""A rich and rewarding book.""-Beth Goehring, The Literary Guild ""Mojo Triangle is a very good book. Author James L. Dickerson, a Southerner himself, has written a great, in-depth history of the area and its musical background ... all aimed at the birthplace of American music. He hit it right on the button.""-Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's first guitarist and manager ""In the search for a unified-field theory of American popular music, few journalists come as well equipped as James L. Dickerson. Blessed with the scene-setting panache of a natural storyteller, an eye for the telling detail, and the audacity to reach for the big picture, Dickerson has walked back out of the jungle bearing this remarkable, pioneering compendium ... Again and again Dickerson dredges up forgotten or suppressed histories and teases out connections that other historians of southern music have missed. I learned a great deal from this book.""-Adam Gussow, author of Mister Satan's Apprentice: A Blues Memoir. ""When all is said and done, Dickerson certainly makes a strong case for the cultural importance of the Mojo Triangle region, particularly in regards to music. While he generally writes in broad strokes, the book has plenty of fascinating facts and stories in an easy-to-read writing style that should appeal to music fans interested in learning more about our musical heritage.-Mark Thompson, Blues Blast Magazine. ""Mojo Triangle considers the developments and major figures who shaped pop within an imaginary triangle encompassing Natchez, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, and the Delta, and ranges over to Alabama for a stop-off in Muscle Shoals, recording home of the most famous soul-music rhythm section of the 1960s and 1970s. Dickerson also examines, at chapter length, the role climate and weather played in the area's musical development and history. Another valuable resource and readable history for pop enthusiasts.-Booklist, Mike Tribby Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserved. ""Dickerson's book adds another chapter to the legacy of vital works that trace the South's prominence in American cultural development.""-Ron Wynn, Nashville City Paper

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After a career as a journalist for three Pulitzer Prize winning dailies, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, the Clarion Ledger-Jackson Daily News, and the Delta Democrat-Times of Greenville (MS), James L. Dickerson began a career as a full-time author. His book Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager was purchased by Warner Bros. His book Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll earned a first place IPPY Award for best non-fiction book from the South, and two music-related books, Goin' Back to Memphis (since republished as Memphis Going Down) and That's Alright, Elvis, co-written with Elvis Presley's first guitarist, Scotty Moore, were finalists for the prestigious Gleason Award (formerly presented by Rolling Stone, BMI, and New York University). The authorized biographer, Dickerson co-wrote a second book with Scotty Moore titled Scotty & Elvis. He is the author of the first comprehensive book about women in music, Women on Top: The Quiet Revolution That's Rocking the American Music Industry, published in 1998 by Billboard Books.Dickerson was the editor and publisher of Nine-O-One Network, at one time the third largest circulation music magazines in the United States, behind Rolling Stone and Spin. The magazine was the first magazine published in the South to obtain newsstand distribution in all 50 states. The magazine also had distribution in most European countries.

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