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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.
In this first-ever collaboration, Slowhand meets Lucille to jam on
12 tunes. Features note-for-note transcriptions of King classics,
blues standards and new songs, including: Come Rain or Come Shine *
Days of Old * Help the Poor * Hold On I'm Coming * I Wanna Be * Key
to the Highway * Marry You * Riding with the King * Ten Long Years
* Three O'Clock Blues * When My Heart Beats like a Hammer * Worried
Life Blues.
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.
(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along series will help you
play your favorites songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab,
listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play
along using the separate, sound-alike backing tracks Melody and
lyrics are also included in case you want to sing, or to simply
help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and is
also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any
tempo without changing the pitch Songs: Just like a Woman * Paying
the Cost to Be the Boss * Please Accept My Love * Rock Me Baby *
Sweet Little Angel * Sweet Sixteen * Why I Sing the Blues * You
Upset Me Baby.
The most significant factor in the career of Aaron ""T-Bone""
Walker was his ability to bridge the worlds of blues and jazz. The
guitar artistry of this early exponent of urban blues was not only
admired by blues musicians like B.B. King, Gatemouth Brown, Albert
King, and Albert Collins, and rock guitarists such as Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, but by such
jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, and
many others with whom he recorded. Stormy Monday is the first
biography of T-Bone Walker to be published. Using dozens of
interviews with Walker, as well as with members of his family,
close friends, fellow musicians, and business associates, the book
offers a remarkable frank insider's account of the life of a blues
musician and compulsive gambler, from the wild living and hard
drinking on the road to a solid and contented family life at home.
""In a very real sense the modern blues is largely his creation.""
blues authority Pete Welding has written about T-Bone Walker. ""The
blues was different before he came on the scene, and it hasn't been
the same since, and few men can lay claim to that kind of
distinction. No one has contributed as much, as long, or as
variously to the blues.
Out of print in the U.S.! Recorded in the Land of the Rising Sun
over three decades ago, this 1971 concert is still as exciting and
exhilarating after all these years. 13 tracks including 'The Thrill
Is Gone', 'Sweet Sixteen', 'Every Day I Have The Blues' and many
more. Universal.
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