At 76 years-young, Buddy Guy is one the last remaining true ties to the Chess-era of Chicago blues. His story is an “American” story; one that proves that with work and perseverance, dreams can come true and thankfully Mr. Guy now tells that story with a memoir titled WHEN I LEFT HOME: MY STORY.
Archive for Category: "BLues Book Reviews"
The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu, Book Review
Debra Devi’s Book About Blues Terms (New York, NY) At first glance one could easily (and incorrectly) assume that a book titled THE LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES is an instructional guide about musical form, theory, technique and style. It is not often that one listens to the blues (and more specifically its lyrics) and thinks about [...]
KEITH RICHARDS: LIFE
It was 1975, and the political climate was such that the Rolling Stones were considered to be the root cause of many of the evils that were present in the USA – sex, drugs and rock and roll- the triathlon of youth-destroying American culture and leading young men and women down garden paths of nonconformity [...]
2012 GRAMMY INDUCTEE-BIG BILL BROONZY…LIVING HIS OWN TRUTH
Bob Riesman spent ten years digging deep and traveling wide to understand the man we know as Big Bill Broonzy. As in any good detective story, the man became more of a mystery as more was known- possibly because Big Bill, a storyteller at heart, would take characters from his own life and blend and shape them to fit [...]
NEW YORK: Strange Brew (Book Review
> When we, the writers of American Blues News, were asked to give Holiday gift ideas, I have to admit that I was a little stumped. For the past few months I have been writing CD reviews for some potentially great stocking stuffers, but when faced with the task of actually suggesting an item as [...]
