Through a special arrangement with Back Beat Books, you may purchase the new BB King book: There Is Always One More Time at 20% off the retail price (till Sept 16th).

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David McGee, author of Go, Cat, Go: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly, is senior editor of Pro Sound News and country music editor for barnesandnoble.com. A veteran Rolling Stone contributor and former assistant curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, he lives in New York, NY.

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B.B. King and Backbeat Books Celebrate ...
80 Years of the Blues

San Francisco—On September 16, 2005, blues legend B.B. King will celebrate his 80th birthday, and Backbeat Books will mark this milestone with the publication of B.B. King: There Is Always One More Time.

The inaugural entry in Backbeat’s Lives in Music series, There Is Always One More Time combines biography and discography, charting B.B. King’s life from his childhood in rural Mississippi up to his first studio session. Each album in print of King’s distinguished career is then analyzed and critiqued, with first-hand interviews with producers and key musicians bringing the story of these sessions and recordings to life. The book contains complete and detailed information for each recording session, including dates, producers, engineers, mastering engineers, studios, musicians, songs, and songwriters.

In There Is Always One More Time, author David McGee shows how B.B. King persevered in his quest to bring the blues to a wider audience, chronicling the studio experiments that led him to broaden his sound and expand the very definition of the blues. The book narrates fascinating career and life events, from the wild fistfight that led King to christen his guitar “Lucille” and his participation in the 1974 Ali­–Foreman match known as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” to the recording of his signature song “The Thrill Is Gone” and his relationships with music heavyweights like Doc Pomus, Dr. John, and Eric Clapton.

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David McGee
Journalist, Author & Music Historian

David's sophomore book, "B.B. King--There Is Always One More Time" is being published by Backbeat Books on September 01st the same month as the blues giant's 80th birthday, "There Is Always One More Time" is the first intensive, album-by-album look at the artist's monumental and influential recorded legacy. Weaving biographical and session detail together, the book details the myriad influences B.B. shaped into his signature sound and supplements the musical analysis with insights from producers and musicians (including Calvin Newborn, who at age 16 played guitar on B.B.'s first recording sessions) concerning the making of some of the key recordings in the catalogue.

Interviewed for the first time ever in any B.B. King book are producers Bill Szymczyk and Stewert Levine, who between them are responsible for 10 of B.B.'s most important albums. In another interview exclusive to this book, John Broven, A&R Coordinator for Ace Records U.K. (which is engaged in an ambitious reissue program of all of B.B.'s Crown albums from the 1950s), offers his informed take of B.B.'s growth as a recording artist, as reflected on the Crown albums, during his years under contract to the Bihari brothers' Modern operation. What better way to honor an extraordinary career than to reflect on the musical legacy that has made B.B. King a beloved and respected artist throughout the world? "There Is Always One More Time: B.B. King--A Life in Music" does exactly that. The author is available for interviews.

David's previous book was a biography of Carl Perkins, "Go, Cat, Go! The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly," published by Hyperion in 1996. It was a finalist for the Ralph J. Gleason Awards. He is the country music editor for barnesandnoble.com, and his work also appears in Rolling Stone, Acoustic Guitar, and The Absolute Sound, and he has penned liner notes for albums by Dr. John, The Chieftains (four reissues), and B.B. King In addition, he has contributed to all four volumes of the Rolling Stone Album Guide, and wrote the concluding chapter in the companion book accompanying the PBS Series "American Roots Music." He has served as an assistant curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and is curator of the American Music Museum, opening soon in Helena, Arkansas.

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