The B.B. King Reader: Six Decades of Commentary

by Richard Kostelanetz

Overview

(Book). B.B. King is a national treasure. For more than five decades, he has been the consummate blues performer. His unique guitar playing, powerful vocals, and repertoire of songs have taken him from tiny Itta Bena, Mississippi, to worldwide renown. In this comprehensive volume, the best articles, interviews and reviews about B.B. King's life and career have been gathered. Learn how he first made his mark as a disc jockey in Memphis hawking "Pepticon" elixir and taking the moniker of the "Beale Street Blues Boy"; trace his early tours and recordings; see him be swept up in the blues revival; and finally, enjoy his fame as the greatest living exponent of the blues style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780634099274
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

Editor Richard Kostelanetz is a longtime fan of B.B. King, having first interviewed him in the late '60s and subsequently written about his career over the decades. Individual entries on Richard Kostelanetz appear in Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Novelists, Postmodern Fiction, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, A Reader's Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers, Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Webster's Dictionary of American Authors, The HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, NNDB.com, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, among other distinguished directories. Richard lives in New York City.