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Bill Wyman: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey: A Journey To Music's Heart & Soul
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Signed by Bill Wyman
Format: Hardback Book
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’’A fascinating, lavishly illustrated history of blues music…’’ - The Sunday Telegraph
Winner of The Blues Foundation’s “Keepin’ the Blues Alive” Award for Literature. This is Bill Wyman's personal tribute to the music and musicians that inspired him to pick up a bass guitar and become a founder member of the "Greatest little Rock 'n 'Roll Band in the World", The Rolling Stones. He has known and played with many of the Blues legends, and his personal knowledge and unprecedented access give this book an authenticity that is almost impossible to match. Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey is one man's tribute to the foundations of rock music today.
’’When I first began my Blues Odyssey project I concentrated on making a television series that would introduce people to the Blues. This soon expanded to include a book and it seemed only natural to produce this CD to accompany both the book and the television shows. Picking some of my favourite songs, by some of my favourite artists was great. It made me sit down and listen to countless records and CD’s of wonderful music. Listening to this wonderful music has been such a rich and rewarding experience for me and along the way I came to recognise the importance of the Blues in the development of 20th century music. Being fortunate enough to have been a member of the Rolling Stones placed me in the position where I was involved in a musical family tree with some of the greatest musicians of the last 50 years. Listening to the Blues has taught me so much about history, social issues and even life itself. My Blues Odyssey is an opportunity for me to acknowledge my debt to the Blues men and women who have not only helped me to understand the music's wonderfully rich tapestry, but who have also given me endless hours of musical pleasure. These CD’s are what the Blues are all about……..the music. We can think about the Blues, write about them and talk about them, but ultimately we all need to listen to them. I hope that you will find this journey to the heart and soul of the Blues as fascinating as I have……let the Odyssey continue.’’ - Bill Wyman.
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’’His passion for the music shouts from every page... Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey is quite simply the best single comprehensive volume on the subject.’’ - Uncut Magazine.
Features previously unpublished photographs from Bill Wyman's personal archive and exclusive interviews with top Blues artists such as B B King, and men like Sam Phillips who shaped the history of the music. In this evocative and intensely personal history of the Blues, Bill Wyman pays tribute to the musicians who inspire him and whose music he took around the world as a member of The Rolling Stones.
’’A supremely stunning literary achievement... The single most important and rewarding volume ever published on the subject’’ - Goldmine Magazine.
Format: Hardback Book
Written by Bill Wyman & Richard Havers
Signed by Bill Wyman
Language: English
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Dimensions: 22.5cm wide x 29cm high x 3.5cm
Pages: 400
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