Little Boy Blues

Author : Malcolm Jones
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307378896
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Boy Blues written by Malcolm Jones and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Malcolm Jones, his parents’ disintegrating marriage was at the center of life in North Carolina in the 1950s and 60s. His father, charming but careless, was often drunk and away from home; his mother, a schoolteacher and faded Southern belle, clung to the past and hungered for respectability. In Little Boy Lost, Jones—one of our most admired cultural observers—recalls a childhood in which this relationship played out against the larger cracks of society: the convulsions of desegregation and a popular culture that threatens the church-centered life of his family. He richly evokes a time and place with rare depth and candor, giving us the fundamental stories of a life—where he comes from, who he was, who he has become.

Author : Malcolm Jones
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307454924
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Boy Blues written by Malcolm Jones and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Malcolm Jones, his parents’ disintegrating marriage was at the center of life in North Carolina in the 1950s and 60s. His father, charming but careless, was often drunk and away from home; his mother, a schoolteacher and faded Southern belle, clung to the past and hungered for respectability. In Little Boy Lost, Jones—one of our most admired cultural observers—recalls a childhood in which this relationship played out against the larger cracks of society: the convulsions of desegregation and a popular culture that threatens the church-centered life of his family. He richly evokes a time and place with rare depth and candor, giving us the fundamental stories of a life—where he comes from, who he was, who he has become.

Author : Stacy Lamar King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Little Boy's Blues written by Stacy Lamar King and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Robertson
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 9781565121379
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Blues Book written by Brian Robertson and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little book transcends geographical, social, and economic boundaries to search the heart and soul of the blues, looking for rules to live by, hope for the downtrodden, cautionary tales for the good times, and truths that "hurt so good". Sometimes, you just gotta be blue. But, as this book goes to show, that's okay--because you're never alone.

Author : Mary Jane Maffini
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1894917952
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Boy Blues written by Mary Jane Maffini and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third Camilla MacPhee Mystery, Camilla’s looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest, the huge open-air extravaganza, and to seeing the tail end of her annoying office assistant, Alvin, who is finally quitting. Then the news comes from the East Coast. Alvin’s younger brother Jimmy has vanished from the midst of a Canada Day crowd in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Is he dead? Has he been abducted? Sleuthing irritably about Sydney on Alvin’s behalf, Camilla manages to make the usual quota of people froth at the mouth, including Jimmy’s frantic family, forlorn friends and puzzled teachers. She doesn’t spare the parish priest or even the guy at the chip stand. Before Camilla knows it, all roads lead back to Ottawa, where a killer with everything to lose waits to create havoc among the tents, guitar-pickers and happy, swaying crowds. If Camilla doesn’t sort out this whole mess, how many other people are going to die?

Author : STACY LAMAR. KING
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788350918350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LITTLE BOY'S BLUES. written by STACY LAMAR. KING and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristyn Crow
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780399247354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle-child Blues written by Kristyn Crow and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clever, bluesy riff on middle-kid angst Lee has the low-down, big-frown, sulkin?-all-aroundtown blues. His older brother gets all the big-kid privileges, and no one expects his little sister to do anything but be cute. And sometimes his family even leaves him behind! But when Lee breaks out his guitar and finally makes his voice be heard, he draws a big crowd. It turns out lots and lots of people share his middle-kid pain'and he loves how being stuck in the middle is making him the center of attention.

Author : Stacy Lamar King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A B-Boy's Blues written by Stacy Lamar King and published by . This book was released on 2024-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A B-Boy's Blues is the second book in the Little Boy's Blues series. The story chronicles Little Boy's senior year of high school. A year in which he has to make a very important decision. One that has loomed over his head for eight years. During this year Little Boy reflects on the past and present events which have had an impact on his life. Each a factor in the decision. Neither more important than the others. A spiders web. He was caught between them.

Author : Bobby Rush
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0306874792
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Ain't Studdin' Ya written by Bobby Rush and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Rick Kirkman
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740791664
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's A Boy written by Rick Kirkman and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-year-old Zoe MacPherson goes from exalted only child to, ugh, older sibling when her parents, Darryl and Wanda, bring home baby Hamish (nicknamed Hammie). With her domination of the MacPherson household challenged by this cheerful intruder, Zoe is forced to cope with the harsh reality of sharing attention -- and everything else!