About this title: BB King's name is nowadays synonymous with the blues, in much the same way that Bob Marley's is synonymous with reggae. But it wasn't always that way. In this candid memoir, King recounts his upbringing on a Mississippi cotton farm, his first forays to the blues Mecca of Memphis and his beginnings there as a bluesman aided by his cousin Bukka White, his subsequent rocky career as a bandleader, and, after many hardscrabble years in the musical wilderness, his eventual establishment as a blues legend. King's unsparingly honest self portrait, and the immediacy of his descriptions of events from ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780340674802ISBN:0340674806
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: SCEPTRE
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780340674802ISBN:0340674806
Description: Published by Sceptre in 1997. Paperback. Number of pages: 340. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Covers good, B&W plates, p. edges sl. tanned, otherwise good tidy copy Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 338 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780380973187ISBN:0380973189
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Some minor shelf wear/1 Day Shipping! Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Avon Books (T)
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780380973187ISBN:0380973189
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Edition: Reprint. Illustrated.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780380787814ISBN:0380787814
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Lightly creased spine. A nice copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 338 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"B.B. King is an incredible musician and showman. This is the story of his life, and as such it is also the story of the blues.
I've seen B.B. King perform several times, and even met him twice. He is truly the king of the blues and an incredible ambassador for it. He's also a very friendly guy."
"Pretty good for an "as told to" autobiography. It's most interesting when King is discussing his early years in Mississippi as a young man alone and impoverished. I'm not a big fan of his music, but he's, indeed, one of founders of electric blues.
I was struck that when he had his radio show in Memphis and was touring with some success he still picked cotton. Nobody's coming up like that anymore. And the good news is that, unlike so many in the blues life, he didn't die broke and forgotten."
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