When I Left Home: My Story
Autor Buddy Guy Cu David Ritzen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 2013
According
to
Eric
Clapton,
John
Mayer,
and
the
late
Stevie
Ray
Vaughn,
Buddy
Guy
is
the
greatest
blues
guitarist
of
all
time.
An
enormous
influence
on
these
musicians
as
well
as
Jimi
Hendrix,
Jimmy
Page,
and
Jeff
Beck,
he
is
the
living
embodiment
of
Chicago
blues.
Guy's
epic
story
stands
at
the
absolute
nexus
of
modern
blues.
He
came
to
Chicago
from
rural
Louisiana
in
the
fifties—the
very
moment
when
urban
blues
were
electrifying
our
culture.
He
was
a
regular
session
player
at
Chess
Records.
Willie
Dixon
was
his
mentor.
He
was
a
sideman
in
the
bands
of
Muddy
Waters
and
Howlin'
Wolf.
He
and
Junior
Wells
formed
a
band
of
their
own.
In
the
sixties,
he
became
a
recording
star
in
his
own
right.
When I Left Hometells Guy's picaresque story in his own unique voice, that of a storyteller who remembers everything, including blues masters in their prime and the exploding, evolving culture of music that happened all around him.
When I Left Hometells Guy's picaresque story in his own unique voice, that of a storyteller who remembers everything, including blues masters in their prime and the exploding, evolving culture of music that happened all around him.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306821790
ISBN-10: 0306821796
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306821796
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Notă biografică
Buddy
Guywas
born
in
1936
in
Lettsworth,
Louisiana.
He
is
considered
among
the
best
blues
guitarists
alive
today.
He
lives
in
Chicago.David
Ritzis
the
coauthor
of
many
bestselling
autobiographies
of
musicians,
including
Ray
Charles,
Etta
James,
Scott
Weiland,
Grandmaster
Flash,
and
more.
He
is
the
author
ofDivided
Soul,
the
definitive
biography
of
Marvin
Gaye,
and
lives
in
Los
Angeles.
Recenzii
“Buddy
makes
his
life
come
alive…Told
in
his
own
style
and
language,
the
book
reads
more
like
a
blues
song
than
an
actual
book,
each
verse
telling
a
different
story.
And
what
stories
they
are…Buddy's
book
is
as
colourful
as
the
blues…If
you're
looking
for
a
reasonably
unvarnished
account
of
the
blues
life,
Buddy
has
it
here…The
book
is
funny,
sad,
tragic,
lusty,
honest,
loving
and
insightful.
Just
like
the
blues.
Just
like
Buddy
Guy.
If
you
love
the
blues
and
all
that
it
means,
you
should
love
this
book.”
HoustonPress, 5/8/12
“In this memoir, the story of [Guy?s] life is also the tale of the music itself of the past 50-plus years…There?s a treasure trove of stories here.”
BluesPowR blog, 5/10/12
“When I Left Homecovers an amazing amount of ground in its close to 300 pages…Relayed in a simple, conversational manner, the book does a terrific job of documenting the life of one of blues music's biggest living stars, making it a must-read for any fan of the blues…When I Left Homeisn't, as the title indicates, just Buddy's story; in many respects, this is a story of the blues.”
Quincy Patriot Ledger, 1/3/14
Kirkus, 2/15/12
“Tasty as a Buddy Guy guitar lick.”
Library Journal, 3/1/12
“Guy is a vibrant and hilarious storyteller. With a natural ease and honesty, he captures the spirit of the age, the culture of violence in the clubs, and the personalities of his colleagues...Highly recommended for any fan of Guy and those interested in the history of blues music.”
Publishers Weekly, 4/16/12
“As mesmerizing a storyteller as a guitarist, Guy, writing with Ritz, regales readers with tales of growing up picking cotton in rural Alabama, of seeing his first guitar and standing transfixed in front of Lightning Slim for several hours just memorizing the movements of Slim?s hands, of his father?s friend buying his first guitar for him, and of his endless efforts to play the blues as he had heard and seen Slim and others play…Guy?s memoir is a joyous celebration of the blues, one of our greatest musical treasures.”
ChicagoMagazine, May 2012
“[A] must-read autobiography…What makes the breezy and revealing book special is its ability to bring history—Guy?s own, as well as that of Chicago blues—to life.”
Internet Review of Books, 4/6/12
“InWhen I Left Home: My Storywe finally get inside Buddy Guy, guitar muse to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and the Rolling Stones (to name but a few)…Buddy's narrative is cousin to his music. It's down home. It's not clean and prissy…This biography gives the reader unabridged stories of many of the great blues artists of his day and before, and raw images of the Chicago blues scene as it was from the 1950s to the 1980s…A valuable and rare insight into the music and the musician.”
Record Collector,May 2012
“Gives the whole picture, from sharecropping family to big city hustling; guitar-playing to womanizing and back again…[Guy] gives a real flavour of the age and circumstances he grew up on.”
BostonGlobe,5/11/12
“A lively, sharply etched account of Guy?s unlikely ascent from sharecropper roots in Louisiana to the blues hotbed of Chicago and beyond.”
MemphisCommercial Appeal, 5/4/12
“The music fans [Guy] has affected so profoundly over his 50-plus year career will at last know how he feels.”
PittsburghPost-Gazette, 5/11/12
HoustonPress, 5/8/12
“In this memoir, the story of [Guy?s] life is also the tale of the music itself of the past 50-plus years…There?s a treasure trove of stories here.”
BluesPowR blog, 5/10/12
“When I Left Homecovers an amazing amount of ground in its close to 300 pages…Relayed in a simple, conversational manner, the book does a terrific job of documenting the life of one of blues music's biggest living stars, making it a must-read for any fan of the blues…When I Left Homeisn't, as the title indicates, just Buddy's story; in many respects, this is a story of the blues.”
Quincy Patriot Ledger, 1/3/14
Kirkus, 2/15/12
“Tasty as a Buddy Guy guitar lick.”
Library Journal, 3/1/12
“Guy is a vibrant and hilarious storyteller. With a natural ease and honesty, he captures the spirit of the age, the culture of violence in the clubs, and the personalities of his colleagues...Highly recommended for any fan of Guy and those interested in the history of blues music.”
Publishers Weekly, 4/16/12
“As mesmerizing a storyteller as a guitarist, Guy, writing with Ritz, regales readers with tales of growing up picking cotton in rural Alabama, of seeing his first guitar and standing transfixed in front of Lightning Slim for several hours just memorizing the movements of Slim?s hands, of his father?s friend buying his first guitar for him, and of his endless efforts to play the blues as he had heard and seen Slim and others play…Guy?s memoir is a joyous celebration of the blues, one of our greatest musical treasures.”
ChicagoMagazine, May 2012
“[A] must-read autobiography…What makes the breezy and revealing book special is its ability to bring history—Guy?s own, as well as that of Chicago blues—to life.”
Internet Review of Books, 4/6/12
“InWhen I Left Home: My Storywe finally get inside Buddy Guy, guitar muse to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and the Rolling Stones (to name but a few)…Buddy's narrative is cousin to his music. It's down home. It's not clean and prissy…This biography gives the reader unabridged stories of many of the great blues artists of his day and before, and raw images of the Chicago blues scene as it was from the 1950s to the 1980s…A valuable and rare insight into the music and the musician.”
Record Collector,May 2012
“Gives the whole picture, from sharecropping family to big city hustling; guitar-playing to womanizing and back again…[Guy] gives a real flavour of the age and circumstances he grew up on.”
BostonGlobe,5/11/12
“A lively, sharply etched account of Guy?s unlikely ascent from sharecropper roots in Louisiana to the blues hotbed of Chicago and beyond.”
MemphisCommercial Appeal, 5/4/12
“The music fans [Guy] has affected so profoundly over his 50-plus year career will at last know how he feels.”
PittsburghPost-Gazette, 5/11/12
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