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Greil Marcus

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Greil Marcus was the first Records editor at Rolling Stone. His many books include Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ’n’ Roll Music (1975), Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century (1989) and The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs (2014). He lives in Oakland and teaches at Berkeley.

Greil Marcus Books

Wounded Galaxies 1968 book cover

Wounded Galaxies 1968

Joan Hawkins
Double Trouble book cover

Double Trouble

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Mystery Train, 50th Anniversary Edition book cover

Mystery Train, 50th Anniversary Edition

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The Shape of Things to Come book cover

The Shape of Things to Come

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Best Music Writing 2009 book cover

Best Music Writing 2009

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Folk Music book cover

Folk Music

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Under the Red White and Blue book cover

Under the Red White and Blue

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Cain's Book book cover

Cain's Book

Alexander Trocchi
The Story of Motown book cover

The Story of Motown

Peter Benjaminson
History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs book cover

History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs

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The Beatles Are Here! book cover

The Beatles Are Here!

Penelope Rowlands
The Doors book cover

The Doors

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The Stammering Century book cover

The Stammering Century

Gilbert Seldes
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World book cover

Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World

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The Old, Weird America book cover

The Old, Weird America

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When That Rough God Goes Riding book cover

When That Rough God Goes Riding

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Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus book cover

Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus

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Like a Rolling Stone book cover

Like a Rolling Stone

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