''Where Dead Voices Gather'' is a book by
Nick Tosches
Nicholas P. Tosches (; October 23, 1949 – October 20, 2019) was an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, '' Hellfire'', was praised by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as "the best rock and roll ...
. It is, in part, a biography of
Emmett Miller, one of the last
minstrel singers. Just as importantly, it depicts Tosches' search for information about Miller, about whom he initially wrote in his book ''
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock and Roll''. It is also a study of minstrelsy and its connection to
American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ...
,
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...
,
the blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African- ...
and ultimately,
rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm a ...
. In that way, it is a
companion volume to his other books of music journalism, ''Country'' and ''
Unsung Heroes of Rock N' Roll''.
Books about singers
Books by Nick Tosches
2001 non-fiction books
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