Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection of Classic Blues Lyrics
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"They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad/Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad." There's a lot more to the blues than three chords played on an old beat-up guitar. Squeeze My Lemon is a collection of some of the best blues lines ever recorded. From birth ("Born under a bad sign/I've been down since, I began to crawl") to death ("Everybody wants to go to heaven/But nobody wants to die") and everything in between, this volume quotes classic blues phrases by ssongwriter/artists B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Robert JJohnson and many, many others. Compiled by award-winning author/Grammy-nominated, record producer Randy Poe, Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection of Classic Blues Lyriics features classic photos of many leading blues artists. A great gift book, it is highly entertaining not only for blues lovers, but for anyone who appreciatees great lyrics. Categorized by subject matter (Love - Or the Lack Thereof, Bluess & Booze, Blues Behind Bars, Make Mine a Double Entendre, etc.), Squeeze My Lemmon is a book you'll return to - and quote from - again and again.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0634055461
ISBN13:9780634055461
Release Date:September 2003
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:239 Pages
Weight:0.83 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.2"
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Choice verses concerning love, birth, death, prison & more
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Featuring a foreword by B. B. King, Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection Of Classic Blues Lyrics is an anthology of popular blues phrases compiled by Randy Poe. Few entire songs are presented; instead, there are choice verses concerning love, birth, death, prison, and other topics common to this home-grown American music genre. A unique survey of the unique voice that blues offers, interspersed with brief yet distinctive insights, Squeeze My Lemon is an impressive and very welcome addition to personal, academic, and community library American Music History reference collections and reading lists.
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