Don't start me talkin'
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Tom Williams
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Curbside Splendor
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780988480445
Subjects: African American men; Fiction; Concert tours; Blues musicians; Apprentices
Other titles: Do not start me talking
Description: "Don't Start Me Talkin' is a comedic road novel about Brother Ben, the only remaining True Delta Bluesman, playing his final North American tour. Set in contemporary society, Brother Ben's protege Silent Sam Stamps narrates an episodic 'last ride,' laying bare America's complicated relationship with African American identity, music, and culture, and like his hero Sonny Boy Williamson once sang, Silent Sam promises "I'll tell everything I know"" --