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Title: Blues All around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King by B. B. King, David Ritz ISBN: 0-380-80760-2 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A "must read" for all B.B. King fans.
Comment: Blues All Around Me surveys the life of blues musician B.B. King, offering insight into his struggle for success and charting his rise in the music world. From his encounters with racism and civil rights issues to his show business experiences, this provides a well-rounded survey of King's life and times for any fan of his blues style music.
Rating: 5
Summary: EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT
Comment: THIS IS B.B. AT HIS BEST, THE KING OF THE BLUE'S MEN. IF YOU ARE A TRUE B.B. KING FAN. THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ.
Rating: 4
Summary: A blues story
Comment: A blues story
B.B. King's life is presented here in a breezy, happy go lucky style. Ostensibly an autobiography, (although if you heard any of B.B.'s interviews about the book and his amazement at some of the details that were revealed, you know David Ritz did much more than help out.) this book deals with B.B.'s childhood of amazing poverty and his eventual rise to be the "King of the Blues." Conversational in style, but revealing in detail, BLUES ALL AROUND ME works as both a personal reminiscence and as a look at the life of a black man living in America during the 20th century. Tales of racism (in the military and elsewhere), the difficulties of dealing with a less than honest music industry, and the struggle for success against these odds are all expressed in a manner that shows no true anger, rather an acceptance that these were challenges to overcome. B.B.'s personal relationships with the many women in his life is not avoided, nor his opinions of many of his contemporaries. While the selected discography is extremely disappointing, this book should be required reading for any fan of the blues, and while any autobiography has to be taken with a grain of salt, this one definitely rings true.
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Title:The Jazz Channel Presents B.B. King (BET on Jazz) ASIN: B000055XSL Publisher: Image Entertainment 2 Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.99 |
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Title: Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon ISBN: 0316328499 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Moanin' at Midnight : The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf by JAMES SEGREST, MARK HOFFMAN ISBN: 0375422463 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Devil's Music: A History of the Blues by Giles Oakley ISBN: 0306807432 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title:Me & Mr Johnson ASIN: B0001HAHXW Publisher: Warner Brothers Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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