Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick's latest book, "The Colonel and the King," is the story of a partnership that rocked ...

Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick's latest book traces the relationship between the King and Colonel Tom Parker, a ...

“In any book I do, I just want to paint a true picture,” said author and historian Peter Guralnick. “And the picture is not always the one that I might choose or want, but it’s the truth that needs to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Named one of America’s Greatest Disruptors in 2021 by Newsweek I had the pleasure to speak with Guralnick on the eve of him ...

If you want to know what Elvis' fur lampshade looks like, you can go to Graceland, but if you want to know what Elvis was really like, you have to read Peter Guralnick's classic two-volume biography ...

There's no real substitute for the sound of Sam Cooke's music, but the detailed descriptions of his recordings throughout this masterful biography are the next best thing to wearing headphones while ...

Elvis Presley made a wicked deal with the devil: He kept his mouth shut about his manager Colonel Tom Parker’s destructive gambling addiction because Parker was keeping Elvis’ drug habit hush-hush.

Then there was the time when Solomon Burke tried to get his journalist friend to set up a temporary bank account, to help him arrange a shady real estate deal. Peter Guralnick, the writer, told Burke, ...

At almost 3 in the morning of Dec. 11, 1965, in a seedy motel on Figueroa Avenue in South Central Los Angeles, a drunken, enraged man wearing nothing but his sport coat and a pair of shoes attacked a ...

Rachel Martin speaks with the celebrated writer about Looking to Get Lost, an essay collection based on his interviews with legends of early rock... Peter Guralnick Is 'Looking To Get Lost' In The ...

Peter Guralnick's name is at the top of many people's lists of greatest music critics. Those people are wrong. It's not that Guralnick's words aren't evocative, empathetic and well-chosen. Or that he ...

Peter Guralnick’s new book Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Life is a slow read — slow because it’s impossible not to keep stopping and listening to music. As good a writer as Guralnick is ...