{"product_id":"mystery-train-50th-anniversary-edition-images-of-america-in-rock-n-roll-music-9798217048021","title":"Mystery Train, 50th Anniversary Edition: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 50th anniversary edition of the music classic, with fully updated discographies and new introductions from Greil Marcus and Dwight Garner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this special 50th anniversary edition of the beloved Plume backlist staple first released in 1975, \u003ci\u003e Mystery Train\u003c\/i\u003e's complex analysis of the relationship between rock 'n' roll music and America is given new life with updated discographies and new introductions by Greil Marcus and Dwight Garner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than providing a general overview of influential bands and artists, Marcus's definitive book focuses on just six: virtually unknown early rock 'n' roller Harmonica Frank; the country blues singer Robert Johnson; and some of the better-known musicians who followed--The Band, Sly Stone, Randy Newman, and Elvis Presley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the original book to take these rock legends and place them in the American culture of their time. And now, in 2025, \u003ci\u003eMystery Train \u003c\/i\u003econtinues its groundbreaking work for a new generation of readers and music lovers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreil Marcus \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in San Francisco in 1945. In 1963, two events took place that have shaped his life since: in August, at a Joan Baez concert in New Jersey, she brought out a singer who sang a song called \"With God on Our Side\"; and on the Monday of the week that President Kennedy was assassinated, at the University of California at Berkeley, he met his future wife, Jenny Bernstein of St. Paul, who had already heard of the singer he hadn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1969, he became the first Records Editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written many books, including \u003ci\u003eLipstick Traces\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and \u003ci\u003eWhat Nails It\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), and for many publications. Since 1986, his column \"Real Life Rock Top Ten\" has migrated through a dozen outlets, from \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e to Substack. In 2009, with Werner Sollors, he edited \u003ci\u003eA New Literary History of America. \u003c\/i\u003eBetween 2000 and 2019, he taught at Cal, Princeton, the New School, Minnesota, NYU, and the Graduate Center in New York. He lives in Oakland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603233505554,"sku":"9798217048021","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de40694d-db14-4d43-abb7-10890702912b.jpg?v=1757431097","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mystery-train-50th-anniversary-edition-images-of-america-in-rock-n-roll-music-9798217048021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}