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Can't Be Satisfied
The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
by Robert Gordon
ISBN: 0316328499
ISBN-13: 9780316328494
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
From the observation in its opening pages that sharecropping, with its inequitable distribution of wealth, was good training for the music business, Robert Gordon's biography CAN'T BE SATISFIED demonstrates that the great blues musician Muddy Waters' background was inseparable from his music. Waters' Mississippi origins, the de facto slavery, and the grinding poverty, are made tangible, as are his early influences, from the bluesman Son House, who, in Gordon's words, sounded "like a lineman driving steel," to Waters' fond recollections of his visits to Memphis, which, as he notes, seemed as far away to a country boy as California. Waters' career was given a vital boost after he recorded for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in 1941; Gordon's description of this important event in both men's lives carries an immediacy and insight that is a hallmark of the best biographical writing. Though Waters' professional and personal life took the same rocky course as that of any blues performer worth his salt, at its end he had the respect of his public, his pupils, and his peers; CAN'T BE SATISFIED is a worthy tribute to this impressive and influential figure in 20th century popular music.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Published date: 2002
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Pages: 408
Publisher's Notes
Drawn from in-depth research and detailed interviews, an authoritative biography of the father of modern blues details his turbulent life, from the cotton fields of rural Mississippi to his extraordinary rise to success, forever changing the music industry.
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CAN'T BE SATISFIED The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Gordon, Robert
Little, Brown. Near Fine in Very Good DJ; Book is nearly fine. Dust jacket has some . scratches, no tears or soil.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780316328494 . 1st Impression; Muddy Waters bestrides American music like a colossus. He invented electric blues and created the foundation for rock and roll. Leaving behind the cotton fields of rural Mississippi, he moved to Chicago, plugged in an electric guitar, and changed the world. In CAN'T BE SATISFIED, Robert Gordon gives us Muddy's epic, rollicking, up and down life as we've never read it before. Combining the most extensive research and interviews ever done on Muddy with a writing style as rich, poetic, and powerful as the music he writes about, Gordon transports us: We are alongside Muddy in the cotton fields as he is discovered by Alan Lomax; we are on the South Side of Chicago as Muddy and his band become stars and innovators; and we follow Muddy through scores of women, hits, bottles of booze, and moments of divine grace. A must for blues and rock fans, CAN'T BE SATISFIED is a brilliant work of musical archaeology. [AMazon] ; 1.32 x 9.5 x 6.32 Inches; 320 pages . ( more information)
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Gordon, Robert
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Gordon, Robert
Boston: Little, Brown, 2002. Cloth, 1/4 First Edition Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket Hardcover copy with DJ; foreword written by Keith Richards Text is clean and white; binding is tight; boards have some evidence of being bumped, otherwise clean; DJ has minor edgewear ( more information)
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters ....by the author of "It Came from Memphis"
Gordon, Robert; Forward by Keith Richards
Boston: Little Brown & Company, 2002. ....Brown boards with white lettering on spine, headband, xx + 408 pages + 16 pages of b & w photos, with full page frontis, tight clean and square, no names, errant ink mark on bottom edge, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include: Foreword by Keith Richards / Intro / Mannish Boy 1913 - 1925 / Man, I Can Sing 1926 - 1940 / August 31, 1941 / Country Blues 1941 - 1943 / City Blues 1943 - 1946 / Rollin' and Tumblin' 1947 - 1950 / All-Stars 1951 - 1955 / The Blues Had a Baby 1955 - 1958 / Screaming Guitar and Howling Piano 1958 - 1959 / My Dog Can Bark 1960 - 1967 / Rollin' Stone 1967 - 1969 / Eyes on the Prize 1970 - 1975 / Hard Again 1976 - 1983 / This Dirt Has Meaning 1983 and After / Appendix A & B & C. / Notes / Bibliography / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Jacket Illustration by Marc Yankus . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Can't be Satisfied
Gordon, Robert
Boston: Little, Brown. New; May have light shelf wear and ink mark (remainder mark) on outer edge. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! 2002. Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches; 320 pages; 1 . ( more information)
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