King of the Blues Audiobook Libro.fm

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Riley Blues Boy King 19252015 was born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi Wrenched away from his sharecropper father BB 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 ministers guitar and by the records of Blind Lemon Jefferson and TBone Walker and encouraged by his cousin the established blues man Bukka White BB 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 BB performed incessantly some 15000 concerts in 90 countries over nearly 60 years Several of his concerts including his landmark gig at Chicagos Cook County Jail endure in legend to this day His career rollercoastered 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 Vis has interviewed almost every surviving member of BB Kings 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