Author: Tom Frisby
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1502724219
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Frisby's memoir, Ain't All Good, Ain't All Bad, looks back at his own life's trajectory-including family lore going back several generations. With sharp wisdom and a touch of wry humor, he explores changing social dynamics around race, homosexuality, wome

Author: Eugene Wiley Presbrey
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Bobby Rush
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0306874792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush. This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, he adopted the stage name Bobby Rush out of respect for his father, a pastor. As a teenager, Rush acquired his first real guitar and started playing in juke joints in Little Rock, Arkansas, donning a fake mustache to trick club owners into thinking he was old enough to gain entry. He led his first band in Arkansas between Little Rock and Pine Bluff in the 1950s. It was there he first had Elmore James play in his band. Rush later relocated to Chicago to pursue his musical career and started to work with Earl Hooker, Luther Allison, and Freddie King, and sat in with many of his musical heroes, such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Little Walter. Rush eventually began leading his own band in the 1960s, crafting his own distinct style of funky blues, and recording a succession of singles for various labels. It wasn't until the early 1970s that Rush finally scored a hit with "Chicken Heads." More recordings followed, including an album which went on to be listed in the Top 10 blues albums of the 1970s by Rolling Stone and a handful of regional jukebox favorites including "Sue" and "I Ain't Studdin' Ya." And Rush's career shows no signs of slowing down now. The man once beloved for performing in local jukejoints is now headlining major music/blues festivals, clubs, and theaters across the U.S. and as far as Japan and Australia. At age eighty-six, he is still on the road for over 200 days a year. His lifelong hectic tour schedule has earned him the affectionate title "King of the Chitlin' Circuit," from Rolling Stone. In 2007, he earned the distinction of being the first blues artist to play at the Great Wall of China. His renowned stage act features his famed shake dancers, who personify his funky blues and his ribald sense of humor. He was featured in Martin Scorcese's The Blues docuseries on PBS, a documentary film called Take Me to the River, performed with Dan Aykroyd on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and most recently had a cameo in the Golden Globe nominated Netflix film, Dolemite Is My Name, starring Eddie Murphy. He was recently given the highest Blues Music Award honor of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. His songs have also been featured in TV shows and films including HBO's Ballers and major motion pictures like Black Snake Moan, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Considered by many to be the greatest bluesman currently performing, this book will give readers unparalleled access into the man, the myth, the legend: Bobby Rush.

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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1424300886
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Clyde Dowell II
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434371174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Five Men, five distinctly different lives, one old board game. Women Can't Play is a contemporary story about five men who get together every Sunday to play an old board game. they have only known each other for a few months but their get-togethers are a way for them to relax and bond. However, their shared time together starts to dwindle as they realize that their personal lives are as complex and diverse as the game they love to play. Charles is an attorney engaged to a snobby doctor.. Preston is a divorced and lonely accountant who struggles to reach a woman who bears as many emotional scars as he does. Darren despises and cheats on his overweight wife. John's life seems idea to the rest of them. However, his marriage to a German woman has its own unique problems. Gary the playboy realizes that his lifestyle is devastating him when a recently dumped girlfriend mysteriously disappears. Their personal dramas threaten their game and their bonds as they fight through them without enlisting help from each other. Will Charles get married even if he isn't in love with his fiancÃ(c)e? Can Preston find romance at last? Will Darren leave his wife? Can John reconcile that an interracial marriage can work? Is Gary responsible for his ex-girlfriend's disappearance?

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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 848

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Author: Chambers's journal
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854

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Author: James Russell Lowell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Author: Lowell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 844

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