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The Resource King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King, Daniel de Visé

King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King, Daniel de Visé

Label
King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King
Title
King of the blues
Title remainder
the rise and reign of B.B. King
Statement of responsibility
Daniel de Visé
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
De Visé, Daniel
Dewey number
  • 782.421643092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
ML420.K473
LC item number
D43 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • discographies
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, B. B
  • Blues musicians
  • Guitarists
Target audience
adult
Label
King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King, Daniel de Visé
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-472), discography (pages 423-428) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Sharecropper -- On the run -- Indianola Mississippi seeds -- The blues -- Memphis -- The blues boy -- Lucille -- On the road -- Big red -- Fallow -- Regal -- Revival -- Fillmore -- Mythology -- Live and well -- Back in the alley -- Moscow on the Mississippi -- Homecoming -- Lovetown -- Riding with the king -- A golden chain -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802158055
Lccn
2021036656
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1261767849
  • 3895664
Label
King of the blues : the rise and reign of B.B. King, Daniel de Visé
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-472), discography (pages 423-428) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Sharecropper -- On the run -- Indianola Mississippi seeds -- The blues -- Memphis -- The blues boy -- Lucille -- On the road -- Big red -- Fallow -- Regal -- Revival -- Fillmore -- Mythology -- Live and well -- Back in the alley -- Moscow on the Mississippi -- Homecoming -- Lovetown -- Riding with the king -- A golden chain -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802158055
Lccn
2021036656
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1261767849
  • 3895664

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