Where Dead Voices Gather

Nick Tosches spent 20 years searching for facts about Emmett Miller, the yodeling blackface performer whose songs prefigured jazz, country, blues, and much of the popular music of the twentieth century. Starting with a handful of 78 rpm records and ending at a graveyard in Macon, Georgia, Tosches chronicles a remarkable journey of discovery that illuminates Miller's life, his legacy, and the world of American popular music.

Author Biography: Nick Tosches is the author of three acclaimed biographies: The Devil and Sonny Liston, Power on Earth, and Dino; of several books about popular music, including Country and Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll; and of the novels Trinities and Cut Numbers. He is a contributing editor of Vanity Fair.