Blues all around me the autobiography of B.B. King
"Riley B. King grew up amidst the cotton farms of Mississippi, picking in the fields. At age 21 he wrecked a tractor and took it as a sign that a brighter future awaited him as a musician in Memphis. The rest is history." "Recounting his days as a disk jockey and pioneering bluesman o...
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| Language: | English |
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Sceptre
1997.
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| Summary: | "Riley B. King grew up amidst the cotton farms of Mississippi, picking in the fields. At age 21 he wrecked a tractor and took it as a sign that a brighter future awaited him as a musician in Memphis. The rest is history." "Recounting 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Avon Books, 1996. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | [xi], 324 p., [16] p. of plates 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Discography: p. 315-317. |
| ISBN: | 0340674806 9780340674802 |