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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom creativity and colleagues in various fieldsRenowned music writer Peter Guralnick takes on rhythm and blues in the best history of 60s soul music anyone has written or is likely to write (New York Times). A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performersSam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among themwho merged gospel and