Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King - Brossura

King, B. B.; Ritz, David

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ISBN 10: 0380807602 ISBN 13: 9780380807604

Casa editrice: It Books, 1999

Riassunto

America's greatest living bluesman shares a candid look at his life and his music, disclosing details of his life as a poor boy in the Mississippi Delta, his various relationships, his struggles with racism, and the evolution of his sound, from rural acoustic to urban electric blues. Reprint.

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“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)

“B.B.’s life and 50-year career is a precious piece of American history that no one could have told better—except maybe Lucille.” (Vibe)

“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)

“This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar.” (Booklist)

L'autore:

B. B. King's numerous honors include an honorary doctorate from Yale University, a Presidential Medal of the Arts, and fifteen Grammy Awards. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame, and has more than ninety albums and anthologies to his credit. At age eighty-four, he is still on the road, touring the world.

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• Editore: It Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380807602
• ISBN 13: 9780380807604
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360