I could see the blues was about survival” (8-9). The blues could warn you what was coming. And the woman had only two choices: Do what the master demands or kill herself. If he liked a woman, he could take her sexually. That was important for the women because the master could have anything he wanted. Maybe you’d want to get out of his way or hide. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands. They were also delivering messages in musical code. But the blues hollerers shouted about more than being sad. Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. She said that, sure, singing helped the day go by. She’d talk about the beginnings of the blues. In the second chapter, he covers what his great-grandmother told him the blues were for: “My great-grandmother, who’d also been a slave, talked about the old days. King will talk about what the blues are about or for. " comes off in print not unlike he does in his music: warm and polite, down gome and sophisticated, expressive and tasteful.Throughout this book, B.B. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar."- Booklist
"This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. "King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller.with warmth and sincerity."- Rolling Stone "A classy book from a classy man.straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes."- Seattle Times
Now the celebrated bluesman tells his own gutsy story."- Buzz "For almost 50 years, King has let his guitar, Lucille, do the talking. "An amazing success story.an eminently entertaining tale of a true American hero."- Austin American-Statesman "B.B.'s life and 50-year career is a precious piece of American history that no one could have told better-except maybe Lucille."- Vibe " and disarmingly casual and controversial.King's book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song."- Houston Chronicle "An excellent musical life.dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn"- Philadelphia Inquirer King is the preeminent living practioner of the blues.Blues All Around Me is a treasure trove of informatino.told with real feeling"- Washinton Post Book World
Aficionados of the blues will find plenty to pique their interest, but the book truly shines because of the portrait itpaints of a man who has made kindness and respect a lifelong philosophy."-Billboard " eloquent autobiography.It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a closefriend.
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