02764cam a2200313 4500 539836638 TxAuBib 20211201120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781666529937 1666529931 e90a4468-eee6-456c-9d08-0dcd28db5550 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6801650 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib de Vise, Daniel. King of the Blues [Libby Audiobook] : The Rise and Reign of B.B. King. Dreamscape Media, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 470MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 470MB. HTML:<p>Riley "Blues Boy" King (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 blues man 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 90 countries over nearly 60 years). Several of his concerts, including his landmark gig at Chicago's Cook County Jail, endure in legend to this day. His career roller-coastered 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, 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."</p>. African American Nonfiction. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Music. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-12-01 11:58:26. Hite, Cary. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e90a4468-eee6-456c-9d08-0dcd28db5550&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e90a4468-eee6-456c-9d08-0dcd28db5550&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)