King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
Edition
First edition., First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
ISBN
0802158056, 9780802158055
Physical Desc
viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
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Adult Biography (3rd floor)
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition., First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0802158056, 9780802158055
Notes
Bibliography
Includes discography (pages 423-428).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Riley King, ever to be known as B.B. (1925-2015), was born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi. Wrenched away from his sharecropper father, B.B. lost his mother at age ten, leaving him more or less alone. Music became his emancipation from exhausting toil in the fields. Inspired by a local minister's guitar and by the records of Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker, and encouraged by his cousin, the established bluesman Bukka White, B.B. taught his guitar to sing in the unique solo style that, along with his relentless work ethic and humanity, became his trademark. In turn, generations of artists claimed him as inspiration, from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to Carlos Santana and the Edge. King of the Blues presents the vibrant life and times of a trailblazing giant. Witness to dark prejudice and lynching in his youth, B.B. performed incessantly (some 15,000 concerts in ninety countries over nearly sixty years)-in some real way his means of escaping his past. Several of his concerts, including landmark gigs at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and Chicago's Cook County Jail, endure in legend to this day. His career roller-coasted between adulation and relegation, but he always rose back up. At the same time, his story reveals the many ways record companies took advantage of artists, especially those of color. Daniel de Visé has interviewed almost every surviving member of B.B. King's inner circle-family, band members, retainers, managers, and more-and their voices and memories enrich and enliven the life of this Mississippi blues titan, whom his contemporary Bobby "Blue" Bland simply called "the man.""--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
De Visé, D. (2021). King of the blues: the rise and reign of B.B. King (First edition.). Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. 2021. King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King First edition., Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
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