The B. B. King Companion

B.B. King, the household name for blues, has been the most fortunate and unusual of bluesmen: a success on his own terms, and in his own time. He remains perhaps the best-known blues musician, respected and loved by both the knowledgeable fan and the occasional listener. The B.B. King Companion draws on articles, interviews and reviews to give readers an inside look at the guitar playing, blues singing, Grammy Award-winning King of the Blues.Richard Kostelanetz is writer and/or editor of a number of Schirmer Books titles including Fillmore East, John Cage (ex)plain(ed), Writings on Glass, The Frank Zappa Companion, and Classic Essays on Twentieth Century Music