Gareth Murphy: Cowboys and Indies [2015] paperback Condition:New from Spanish by Toshiya Kamei)

from Spanish by Toshiya Kamei)

and the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission from Harper's

In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age

'Subtle and authentic' Claire Fuller

Gareth Murphy: Cowboys and Indies [2015] paperback Condition:New from Spanish by Toshiya Kamei)COWBOYS AND INDIES is the story of the 'record men' the mavericks and moguls who have shaped the music industry from the first sound machines of the 1850s through to today's digital streams. Men like John Hammond, who discovered Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen; Sam Phillips and Berry Gordy, founders of the Sun and Motown labels; Chris Blackwell, who brought Bob Marley and reggae music into the mainstream; Geoff Travis who built Rough Trade