Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 156 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 cm.

Summary

1. In 'Blues Boy,' Sebastian Danchin, a writer from France, paints a powerful portrait of this internationally revered bluesman. Like no other book before, his fully explores King's rich life and career and complements Blues All Around Me, King's moving autobiography. With objectivity and careful perspective he introduces key figures in King's biography and draws on many printed sources, published interviews, and his own recurring encounters with King and his manager.
2. This portrait shows a life that has conformed to the traditional image of the blues singer: early years of poverty and hardship in the American South, a backdrop of cotton fields and the muddy Mississippi, a musical apprenticeship in the big city (Memphis), and a career that peaks under the spotlights of Las Vegas.

Series statement

1. American made music series

Uniform title

1. American made music series.

Subject

1. Blues musicians > United States > Biography
2. King, B. B

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. [127]-148) and index.