Sam Myers

"Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the Mississippi school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers was called to Chicago by his intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded many well-received singles and albums. In 1986, Myers became the W.C. Handy Award-winning front man, vocalist, and harmonica player for Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets." "Throughout the book, Myers provides a historical context to a bygone era of the blues and reveals his own thoughts and feelings about the musicians with whom he played. And they are a list of who's who in the blues-Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, and Robert Lockwood Junior. In one chapter Myers describes a personalized deeper meaning to the blues. And in another he relates a series of anecdotes about the lighter side of life on the road. Long-time friend and bandmate Anson Funderburgh weighs in with a chapter about their songwriting methods and offers some of his own recollections of their twenty years together. Book jacket."--Jacket.

שנה

2006

שפה

English

הוצאה

University Press of Mississippi

מהדורות

1

עמודים

172

ISBN

9781578068951

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata