Author: Jon Edwards
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595287360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This book is written to acknowledge the Year of The Blues, 2003. The story is set in the south during the late 1950's. A teenager from New England joins the carnival and meets a girl while traveling through Alabama. They befriend an aging black blues musician and vow to get him recorded. Oblivious to the challenges of the southern culture and the music industry they are undaunted in their determination to get him a record deal. The perils they face bond them closer together as they travel throughout the south. The fact that it is written by a career musician lends the story more authenticity.
Holly, Bourbon and the Blues
Author: Jon Edwards
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595287360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This book is written to acknowledge the Year of The Blues, 2003. The story is set in the south during the late 1950's. A teenager from New England joins the carnival and meets a girl while traveling through Alabama. They befriend an aging black blues musician and vow to get him recorded. Oblivious to the challenges of the southern culture and the music industry they are undaunted in their determination to get him a record deal. The perils they face bond them closer together as they travel throughout the south. The fact that it is written by a career musician lends the story more authenticity.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595287360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This book is written to acknowledge the Year of The Blues, 2003. The story is set in the south during the late 1950's. A teenager from New England joins the carnival and meets a girl while traveling through Alabama. They befriend an aging black blues musician and vow to get him recorded. Oblivious to the challenges of the southern culture and the music industry they are undaunted in their determination to get him a record deal. The perils they face bond them closer together as they travel throughout the south. The fact that it is written by a career musician lends the story more authenticity.
Bourbon Street Blues
Author: Maureen Child
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426855796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Java and jazz: the perfectNew Orleans blend When coffee executive Parker Jamesstorms into the hotel bar after afrustrating business meeting, hespots the beautiful woman whosang at his wedding ten years ago. Holly Carlyle has never forgotten that booking. Hours beforethe vows, she'd walked in on the bride-to-be having sex withsomeone other than Parker.The marriage is long over, and Parker is ready to move on—with Holly. The jazz they both love draws them together, butParker's ex-wife threatens Holly with blackmail to keep themapart. Holly knows she's been silent too long. There's a risk intelling the truth, but it's one she has to take.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426855796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Java and jazz: the perfectNew Orleans blend When coffee executive Parker Jamesstorms into the hotel bar after afrustrating business meeting, hespots the beautiful woman whosang at his wedding ten years ago. Holly Carlyle has never forgotten that booking. Hours beforethe vows, she'd walked in on the bride-to-be having sex withsomeone other than Parker.The marriage is long over, and Parker is ready to move on—with Holly. The jazz they both love draws them together, butParker's ex-wife threatens Holly with blackmail to keep themapart. Holly knows she's been silent too long. There's a risk intelling the truth, but it's one she has to take.
Blues Traveling
Author: Steve Cheseborough
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578066506
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Updated and expanded, this indispensable guidebook maps out the blues birthplaces, juke joints and crossroads of the Mississippi Delta.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578066506
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Updated and expanded, this indispensable guidebook maps out the blues birthplaces, juke joints and crossroads of the Mississippi Delta.
Orchid Blues
Author: Stuart Woods
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451206718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller. When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451206718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller. When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them...
Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)
Author: Justin Gage
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581579233
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This innovative guide will lead you through the birthplace of the blues, covering the world-famous attractions, historic sites, funky shops, and gold record legacies of Memphis and the surrounding Mississippi Delta. With a strong focus on modern-day arts and music enclaves, as well as the storied sites where the blues got their start; hundreds of top-notch dining, lodging, and recreational recommendations; over one hundred illuminating photos and maps; and travel logistics, this is the most comprehensive guide to the region to-date.
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581579233
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This innovative guide will lead you through the birthplace of the blues, covering the world-famous attractions, historic sites, funky shops, and gold record legacies of Memphis and the surrounding Mississippi Delta. With a strong focus on modern-day arts and music enclaves, as well as the storied sites where the blues got their start; hundreds of top-notch dining, lodging, and recreational recommendations; over one hundred illuminating photos and maps; and travel logistics, this is the most comprehensive guide to the region to-date.
Kings of Leon: Holy Rock & Roller's
Author: Joel McIver
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857124617
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Arriving on the music scene in 2003, the Kings of Leon embarked on a sex, drug and booze-fuelled rampage through the London music and fashion scene, never afraid to reveal all to the press and somehow surviving to tell the tale. Joel McIver's new book, the first ever Kings of Leon biography, digs deep into their history to reveal a band like no other.
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857124617
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Arriving on the music scene in 2003, the Kings of Leon embarked on a sex, drug and booze-fuelled rampage through the London music and fashion scene, never afraid to reveal all to the press and somehow surviving to tell the tale. Joel McIver's new book, the first ever Kings of Leon biography, digs deep into their history to reveal a band like no other.
Orchid Blues
Author: Stuart Woods
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101098384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller. When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101098384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller. When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them...
Dirty Bird Blues
Author: Clarence Major
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525508090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham. A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525508090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham. A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.
Holy Ground
Author: Michael Dinwiddie
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1636700047
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989 by Larry Leon Hamlin and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, this volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival: Maid’s Door by Cheryl L. Davis Berta, Berta by Angelica Chéri Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad This collection also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the artists and playwrights: Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1636700047
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989 by Larry Leon Hamlin and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, this volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival: Maid’s Door by Cheryl L. Davis Berta, Berta by Angelica Chéri Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad This collection also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the artists and playwrights: Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others.