Something About the Blues

All combined, these wayward pages say something about the blues. Beaded and threaded throughout America's musical mosaic, the blues make you feel and hear. Sometimes you can count them off in measures and beats, but largely they dwell in a feral state; blues truth is wild and menacing. Like poetry, the blues will always be dramatically unpredictable, sometimes torturous and sometimes pleasurable. In these 120 poems and audio CD you'll find: --Weary travelers longing and looking for peace and quiet --Yo-Yo Ma on a kids? TV show --An elevator reeking of hard living --Elvis trying to buy enlightenment --Politicians and citizens scrambling for answers --A frantic search for a lost passport --?The Weary Blues? on Lenox Avenue read by Langston Hughes Al Young, California's Poet Laureate, has sung and played the blues, drawn inspiration from the blues and incorporated the blues and blues stylings into his poetry. His poetic stories ooze with unvarnished real life. Appropriate for a book about the blues, many of Al's dynamic, soulful readings are backed by a live band on the included audio CD.Young, Al is the author of 'Something About the Blues ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781402210648 and ISBN 1402210647.