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Blues All Around Me : The Autobiography of B. B. King
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Blues All Around Me
Author(s): B. B. King, David Ritz
“A treasure trove of information…told with real feeling.” —Washington Post Book World
“Charming...honest...transcendent…. It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a close friend.” —Billboard
The undisputed king of the blues, B.B. King puts his life into words in a story that spans tragedy, triumph, and everything in between—and he tells it just how he plays it, straight from the heart. A true-to-life tale of overcoming monumental odds to succeed as an artist in an often unfriendly world, Blues All Around Me is also the story of how blues music changed during its migration from the Mississippi Delta to urban areas such as Chicago. Rolling Stone calls B.B.’s memoir a “very American success story [told] with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller.”
Review(s):
“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.”
“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”
“An excellent musical life…dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn”
“Candid…heartbreaking…deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial…King’s book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song.”
“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.”
“An amazing success story…an eminently entertaining tale of a true American hero.”
“For almost 50 years, King has let his guitar, Lucille, do the talking. Now the celebrated bluesman tells his own gutsy story.”
“A classy book from a classy man…straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes.”
“King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller…with warmth and sincerity.”
“This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar.”
ISBN: 9780062061034
Author(s): B. B. King, David Ritz
“A treasure trove of information…told with real feeling.” —Washington Post Book World
“Charming...honest...transcendent…. It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a close friend.” —Billboard
The undisputed king of the blues, B.B. King puts his life into words in a story that spans tragedy, triumph, and everything in between—and he tells it just how he plays it, straight from the heart. A true-to-life tale of overcoming monumental odds to succeed as an artist in an often unfriendly world, Blues All Around Me is also the story of how blues music changed during its migration from the Mississippi Delta to urban areas such as Chicago. Rolling Stone calls B.B.’s memoir a “very American success story [told] with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller.”
Review(s):
“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.”
“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”
“An excellent musical life…dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn”
“Candid…heartbreaking…deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial…King’s book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song.”
“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.”
“An amazing success story…an eminently entertaining tale of a true American hero.”
“For almost 50 years, King has let his guitar, Lucille, do the talking. Now the celebrated bluesman tells his own gutsy story.”
“A classy book from a classy man…straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes.”
“King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller…with warmth and sincerity.”
“This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar.”
ISBN: 9780062061034