Title: B.B. King : there is always one more time /
Authors: McGee, David, 1948-
Publisher: Backbeat Books,
Year: 2005
Subjects: King, B. B. Criticism and interpretation.; King, B. B. Discography.; Blues (Music) History and criticism
Abstract: Overview: The Lives in Music series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues, B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the Mississippi Delta up to his first studio session. The author then takes an inside look at his distinguished career, album by album, offering a critical appraisal of each recording and a portrait of the making of each album. First-hand interviews with B.B. King, as well as producers, engineers, arrangers, and key musicians, bring these sessions to life and provide readers a context for understanding B.B. King's recordings in light of his career and life events that shaped them. This definitive book also includes a complete history of every B.B. King session.
Contents: Delta born, Delta raised, Delta scarred -- Memphis : arrival, retreat, return -- The modern age -- Pre-album singles : an artist revealed -- The Crown albums -- "Ain't nothing but a business" -- Drifting blues -- Manhattan Transfer -- Rebirth -- "Give me a thrill, Stew" -- What's up, Doc? -- Consolidating the gains -- Doc : dum spiro spero -- Auditing the regency -- Summitry of a higher order -- Simplify, simplify, simplify!