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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Soul of the Man: Bobby Blue Bland

Soul of the Man: Bobby Blue Bland

Farley, Charles

Paperback

Series: American Made Music

Entertainment & Performing ArtsMusiciansBlues & Soul

ISBN10: 1496828143
ISBN13: 9781496828149
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Mississippi
Published: Feb 13 2020
Pages: 330
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Bobby Blue Bland's silky-smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Soul of the Man: Bobby Blue Bland relates how Bland, along with longtime friend B. B. King, and other members of the loosely knit group who called themselves the Beale Streeters, forged a new electrified blues style in Memphis in the early 1950s. Combining elements of Delta blues, southern gospel, big-band jazz, and country and western music, Bland and the Beale Streeters were at the heart of a revolution. This biography traces how Bland scored hit after hit, placing more than sixty songs on the R&B charts throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. A four-time Grammy nominee, he received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Blues Foundation, as well as the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame. This biography at last heralds one of America's great music makers.

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