PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Billy Boy Arnold was born in Chicago in 1935. A harmonica player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter who has played with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and others, his many albums include More Blues on the South Side, Eldorado Cadillac, and The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold. Kim Field is an active musician and the author of Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The History of the People's Instrument.
No one has lived the Chicago blues like Billy Boy Arnold, and no one has more stories. This book is a journey through eighty years of history with an incredible supporting cast and a particularly charming and observant guide, who saw it all and is still making wonderful music. * Elijah Wald, Grammy Award winner and author of Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues * The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold is in every respect not just excellent but exemplary: a blues autobiography to be reckoned with. Arnold-by dint of his unusually long career, his exceptionally detailed memory, and his many friendships with key figures on the scene-is the only one who can tell this particular story. His shrewd, candid appraisals of his peers, leavened with quirky detail, add significantly to our understanding of postwar Chicago blues. * Adam Gussow, author of Whose Blues?: Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music *
