Arnold Billy Boy Arnold, Field Kim Field

Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The frank, funny, and unforgettable autobiography of a living legend of Chicago blues. Simply put, Billy Boy Arnold is one of the last men standing from the Chicago blues scene s raucous heyday. What s more, unlike most artists in this electrifying melting pot, who were Southern transplants, Arnold a harmonica master who shared stages with Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Howlin Wolf, plus a singer and hitmaker in his own right who first recorded the standards I Wish You Would and I Ain t Got You was born right here and has lived nowhere else. This makes his perspective on Chicago blues, its players, and its locales all the rarer and all the more valuable. Arnold has witnessed musical generations come and go, from the decline of prewar country blues to the birth of the electric blues and the worldwide spread of rock and roll. Working here in collaboration with writer and fellow musician Kim Field, he gets it all down. The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold is a remarkably clear-eyed testament to more than eighty years of musical love and creation, from Arnold s adolescent quest to locate the legendary Sonny Boy Williamson, the story of how he named Bo Diddley Bo Diddley, and the ups and downs of his seven-decade recording career. Arnold s tale candidly told with humor, insight, and grit is one that no fan of modern American music can afford to miss.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780226809342
• Artikelnr.: 72260914

Autorenporträt

Billy Boy Arnold was born in Chicago in 1935. A harmonica player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, he has played with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and others. His many albums include More Blues on the South Side, Eldorado Cadillac, and The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold. He is a member of the Blues Hall of Fame and the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame. Kim Field is an active musician and the author of Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The Evolution of the People's Instrument.