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A tribute to the late king of soul, Ray Charles, featuring
performances by contemporary artists including Elton John, Stevie
Wonder, Al Green and Mary J. Blige.
B. B. King has the blues running through his blood.
Growing up in the rural poverty of the Mississippi Delta, King
first experienced the blues at nine years old, when his mother
passed away. The man of the house before the end of his first
decade, he used this strife as a source of inspiration and launched
one of the most celebrated musical careers in American history.
King has led a remarkable life, and this riveting autobiography
dramatizes his whirlwind adventures from the Memphis of the forties
to the Moscow of the nineties with unflinching candor and
sincerity. But most of all, B.B.'s story is the story of the
blues--the evolution from country acoustic to urban electric, the
birth and explosion of rock 'n' roll--and B.B.'s own long, but
ultimately triumphant, struggle for crossover success, during which
he remained unwaveringly true to the music of his heart.
Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, Lyle Lovett...the list of popular songwriters from Texas
just goes on and on. In this collection of thirty-four interviews
with these and other songwriters, Kathleen Hudson pursues the
stories behind the songs, letting the singers' own words describe
where their songs come from and how the diverse, eclectic cultures,
landscapes, and musical traditions of Texas inspire the creative
process.
Conducted in dance halls, dressing rooms, parking lots,
clubs-wherever the musicians could take time to tell their
stories-the interviews are refreshingly spontaneous and vivid.
Hudson draws out the songwriters on such topics as the sources of
their songs, the influence of other musicians on their work, the
progress of their careers, and the nature of Texas music. Many
common threads emerge from these stories, while the uniqueness of
each songwriter becomes equally apparent. To round out the
collection, Hudson interviews Larry McMurtry and Darrell Royal for
their perspectives as longtime friends and fans of Texas musicians.
She also includes a brief biography and discography of each
songwriter.
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