Greil Marcus
This celebrity goo was created by player Russ Wilhelm.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty, made minor changes to the clue, and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Russ.
publication date: Friday, September 22, 2017 (part of Fall 2017)
category: 
Opinion
clue: Was it his musical training or just a weird mystery that this old American was able to make time for writing a book?
explanation: Marcus's Mystery Train was the only book in Time magazine's Top 100 dealing with American music. more…
difficulty: very hard
solved by: LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Erik Bates, and Elaine Beckland
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