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Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King by King, B. B.; Ritz, David
by King, B. B.; Ritz, David | PB | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 0380807602
- Book Title
- Blues All Around Me : the Autobiography of B. B. King
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Music, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Blues
- Item Weight
- 10.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0380807602
ISBN-13
9780380807604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1173452
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blues All Around Me : the Autobiography of B. B. King
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Blues
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-027773
Reviews
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., Excellent...provocative...King comes off in print not unlike he does in his music: warm and polite, down gome and sophisticated, expressive and tasteful., 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.'s life and 50-year career is a precious piece of American history that no one could have told better-except maybe Lucille., King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller…with warmth and sincerity., Candid heartbreaking deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial King s book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song., 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, This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar., King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller with warmth and sincerity., Candid…heartbreaking…deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial…King's book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song., An excellent musical life dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn, 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, A classy book from a classy man straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes., 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 excellent musical life…dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
781.643/092 B
Synopsis
"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.", "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."
LC Classification Number
ML420.K473
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