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Biography of songwriter and guitar legend, B.B. King. Riley B. King grew up amidst the cotton farms of Mississippi, picking in the fields. He was 21 he wrecked a tractor and took it as a sign that a brighter future awaited him as a musician in Memphis. Recounts his days as a disk jockey and pioneering bluesman on the rhythm and blues circuit, B. B. dramatizes his whirlwind adventures, from the Memphis of the forties to the Moscow of the nineties, in a voice that is both raw and real. A deeply sensuous and sensitive soul, he discloses his complex relationship to women and sexuality, and chronicles his first-hand experience with racism, the Civil Rights movement, and the shifting politics of show business. 6½" - 9½".
Seller Inventory # 278161
- Title
- Blues All Around Me
- Author
- B B King; Ritz, David
- Publisher
- Avon Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0380973189
- ISBN 13
- 9780380973187
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Printing
- First printing
- Dimensions
- 6½" - 9½"
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Review
"The thrill is never gone."--"USA Today"
Charming...honest...transcendent...an eloquent autobiography...It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a closefriend. Aficionados of the blues will find plenty to pique their interest, but the book truly shines because of the portrait itpaints of a man who has made kindness and respect a lifelong philosophy. --Billboard"
B.B. King is the preeminent living practioner of the blues Blues All Around Me is a treasure trove of informatino told with real feeling --"Washinton Post Book World""
An excellent musical life dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn --"Philadelphia Inquirer""
Candid heartbreaking deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial King s book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song. --"Houston Chronicle""
An amazing success story an eminently entertaining tale of a true American hero. --"Austin American-Statesman""
For almost 50 years, King has let his guitar, Lucille, do the talking. Now the celebrated bluesman tells his own gutsy story. --"Buzz""
A classy book from a classy man straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes. --"Seattle Times""
King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller with warmth and sincerity. --"Rolling Stone""
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Sekkes Consultants
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