The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers: Jimmie and Stevie Ray
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589791169 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is considered an expert on American pop culture and the music indigenous to the South-blues, rock 'n' roll, jazz, and country music. . The author of fifteen nonfiction books, more than 2,000 magazine and newspaper articles, and numerous poems and short stories, James L. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Goin' Back to Memphis and That's
Dickerson Blues Revue: Salem, Wv, (Circ: 50,000)) . "Brothers edge into a sprawling account.""Dickerson writes clearly and incisively." (James L
"The True Double Trouble" according to D. Devaneau. I am glad I stumbled on this book. Very good insight to how Jimmie and Stevie got into the music scene and the uptakes and downfalls they struggled. Loved every word.. J. Bridges said Five Stars. Thanks. Exactly as described. Wife loves it.. "Shallow and unnecessarily venomous" according to missaitch. So Jimmie's a bit of a hardcase. Tell us something we didn't know.But this characterization--which Dickerson sticks with throughout (and which is true enough, I'm sure)--doesn't bother me half so much as the unaccountably * nasty * tone he takes at the end of the book where he snidely suggests it's time JLV packed it in. He doesn't mince words, either; it's a straightforward, Hey man, you're old and you've had it; maybe you shouldn't bother recording or doing shows anymore. Well, pardon the heck out of me, Mr Dickerson sir, but nuts to that. As long as he's still playing and still WANTS to play, Jimmie Vaughan will always have
The brothers' subsequent recording experiences in Memphis-which the author sees as being crucial to their overall development as musicians-are also described, as well as their early bands and, of course, their work together on Family Style.. Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan-two sons of Texas whose pyrotechnic guitar work introduced an entire generation to the blues-are given full biographical treatment by a writer who tracked their careers for five years, until Stevie Ray's sudden death in 1990, and afterward as Jimmie pursued a solo career that continues to flourish. King, Robert Cray, Ron Wood, the late Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and others, The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers follows the two brothers from their modest Dallas roots to their emergence onto the Austin music scene. Based on scores of interviews with such well-known contemporary musicians as B.B