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| B.B. King and Backbeat Books Celebrate 80 Years of the Blues On September 16, 2005, blues legend B.B. King will celebrate his 80th birthday, and Backbeat Books will mark this milestone with the publication of B.B. King: There Is Always One More Time. The inaugural entry in Backbeat’s Lives in Music series, There Is Always One More Time combines biography and discography, charting B.B. King’s life from his childhood in rural Mississippi up to his first studio session. Each album of King’s distinguished career is then analyzed and critiqued, with first-hand interviews with producers and key musicians bringing the story of these sessions and recordings to life. The book contains complete and detailed information for each recording session, including dates, producers, engineers, mastering engineers, studios, musicians, songs, and songwriters. In There Is Always One More Time, author David McGee shows how B.B. King persevered in his quest to bring the blues to a wider audience, chronicling the studio experiments that led him to broaden his sound and expand the very definition of the blues. The book narrates fascinating career and life events, from the wild fistfight that led King to christen his guitar “Lucille” and his participation in the 1974 Ali-–Foreman match known as the “Rumble in the Jungle, ” to the recording of his signature song “The Thrill Is Gone” and his relationships with music heavyweights like Doc Pomus, Dr. John, and Eric Clapton. David McGee, author of Go, Cat, Go: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly, is senior editor of Pro Sound News and country music editor for barnesandnoble.com. A veteran Rolling Stone contributor and former curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, he lives in New York, NY. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |