Long Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

by Donald Brackett

Book Overview

A lively and engaging chronicle of the triumphant rise of Sharon Jones - one of the most authentic purveyors of American soul music since James Brown - Long Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings traces her roots from gospel to soul to funk and beyond.

After many years of struggling on the periphery of the music industry and being told by label executives and producers that she was "too short, too old, too fat,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617136913
• ISBN13: 9781617136917
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"