Crime Fighting Bluesmen Series
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Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a product review. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. This book kept me up at night. I'd open it hoping to read a chapter or two before bed, but I was hooked at page one and struggled to put it down. The frequent plot twists provided a thrilling momentum, and the action plays out as vividly as a film.
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Being from Texas, I also enjoyed the portrayal of the state, as the author provides a glimpse into the variety of regions in the state as the action plays out across hundreds of miles. Plus, once again, the story provides a soundtrack, which makes for a great reading experience. If you're looking for a real page turner, this is the book for you. You don't have to know much, if anything, about the blues to appreciate Ricky Bush's The Devil's Blues, but I guarantee you'll want to check out his song list mentioned throughout and added as an addendum at the back of the book once you've read the book.
That's because the music is as much a character in the novel as the Texas landscape, and his two protagonists, Mitty and Pete; all four are incredibly well played.
The premise, about a power hungry madman who blows up churches with people in them, including nearly killing a good friend of Mitty and Pete's , is carefully crafted, with just the right amount of tension, ratcheted up bit by bit as Mitty and Pete join law enforcement officers B. My advice is to read River Bottom Blues first, and avoid my mistake! If the first book is anywhere near as good as the second, you're in for a great read.
Mitty and Pete are back on the crime fighting scene in this second in Ricky Bush's blues series, and trouble is their middle name. Someone is burning churches across the great state of Texas, and there doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason for the attacks. But when their friend Jerry's family is caught up in the most recent maelstrom and he's framed for murder, arson becomes personal. The two blues brothers take on all comers, including a strange organization known only as SoS, to clear his name. Well written, intelligently plotted, and full of blues references a fan will appreciate, The Devil's Blues is a hard-hitting, fast-moving tale.
Not to be missed. He wriggled free of the foreigner and headed to the back door, followed by his drummer, Fat Frank, who was also yapping at him. They had been touring overseas presenting a totally different style of music to sold-out auditoriums crammed with enthusiastic fans.
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They also had their sights set on a summer tour of the States. Stiml had his hand on a strong pulse and he wanted to chase the potential before it weakened. He rounded up a film crew to seek out the music on its own turf and bring the results back to his people. Nothing prepared him for the lack of appreciation the musicians suffered on home ground in the U.
Musicians who were idolized in Europe were relegated to small clubs in America and few white people ventured into such places to hear le blues. He discovered a society of racial segregation, where Negroes could not share dining counters, drinking fountains or restrooms with white patrons. In Europe, these musicians stayed in the swishest hotels and ate in the finest restaurants. They were featured on television and radio shows in London, Paris, Brussels, Hamburg, Stockholm and other cities throughout Europe.
He had high hopes that his project would shine a light on the Chicago blues musicians and perhaps raise their status even in their own, largely indifferent country. He was sure his efforts would be handsomely rewarded back in Europe. Dillon had been tapped to accompany the next group of Chicago musicians to tour Europe. Peter fell instantly in love with the sound of the blues harmonica—or blues harp, as they called it here—because it was the perfect, wailing vehicle to express the deep, often sorrowful, feeling of the music.
Proprietor Rhoda Williams had unplugged many an amplifier that dared to blast out anything but the real stuff. Her club could accommodate a little more than a hundred customers, or on a night like tonight, a hundred and fifty with standing room only. She kept it clean, because she wanted the ladies of the neighborhood to feel welcome. The big man shook the broken glass from his hair, grabbed the trouble-maker around the neck and swiftly heaved him through the front door.
Crime Fighting Bluesmen Series by Ricky Bush
When Big Bo Bo re-entered, tables were uprighted, and replacement beverages were issued. He carefully settled a Fedora on his head. Fat Frank had hopes of his own. He knew that if J.
The wind whipped at the Fedora and J. I just blow, damn it! They want to know if Little Walter influenced me.