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Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, writer on music, and historian of US American popular music, who is also active as an author and screenwriter. Guralnick's first two books, ''Almost Grown'' (1964) and ''Mister Downchild'' (1967), were short story collections published by Larry Stark, whose small press in Cambridge, Larry Stark Press, was devoted to stories and poems. Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's ''The Tech'' (May 13, 1964) gave ''Almost Grown'' a favorable review.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stark second edition out )〕 After Guralnick graduated from Boston University in 1971 with a master's degree in creative writing, he began writing books chronicling the history of blues, country, rock and roll and soul. His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, ''Last Train to Memphis'' in 1994, followed by ''Careless Love'' in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc. Encompassing more than 1,300 pages (including 1,150 pages of text), the work was preceded by Presley's first biography by Jerry Hopkins in two important volumes,"Elvis" in 1971 and "Elvis: The Final Years" in 1980 and countered earlier biographies such as Albert Goldman's ''Elvis'' from 1981, with an in-depth, scholarly examination of Presley's life and music. Guralnick had previously written on Presley in the ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll'', starting with the first edition in 1976, said article having been reprinted for each subsequent edition. He also contributed the complete text for the 240-page hardcover book featured in 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. In his best passages, he has an ability to simultaneously empathize and remain objective. Writing as a music fan, his enthusiasm powers his writing but doesn't overpower it. Guralnick wrote the script for A&E's documentary, ''Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll'', narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, and he also scripted ''Sam Cooke - Legend'',〔() 〕 narrated by Jeffrey Wright. He has also written liner notes for albums. Notable ones are 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''. ==Personal life== In 1971, he succeeded his grandfather as director of an athletic camp for boys, Camp Alton. It was located on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The camp closed in 1992. He has been married for over 45 years to Alexandra. He has a son and daughter, Jacob and Nina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Guralnick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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