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Summary: Love the blues and SRV
Review: This book is written by Keri Leigh, who was actually chosen to do the job by SRV himself just before he died. Keri's done a beautiful job. When you read it, there's just NO doubt, she loves the music, and Stevie Ray too. She has, however, also managed to get the dark side of SRV's life in there too. All in all a brilliant job. Well-written, and her love of the music is a great comfort when the story gets too sad. I loved every second of the book as I read it. It is an absolute MUST HAVE for any SRV fan out there. Get it A.S.A.P.!!!
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: this book was well written about Stevie Ray.it deals with the music.that is the most important thing about any artist.forget the awards,pictures,etc.. at the end of the day what kind of impact did the Artist have on you? Stevie was gonna be huge.sadly he passed away.but his music will Live on.Keri Leigh did a Fantastic Job here.More Authors need to stick to the work of the subject matter at hand.
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Summary: Material gets 4stars-publications makes it morelike3
Review: This has some dazzling reviews of untaped concerts from SRV and DT. Also it has lots of information on Stevie Ray's life with other bands, Jimmie Vaughan, girlfriends, parents etc. Keri Leigh was a friend of SRV's and his chosen biographer. Hower this book does have big problems. The quality of the literal material like the binding of the book has almost completely fallen apart since December of 2000. I only read it once! Also, there is no direct interviews of any of the 4 members that past through Dt. Not Tommy, Chris, Jackie Newhouse or Reese. And no interviews from Keri of Jimmie Vaughan either. Only quotes from other publications, no real stories. That seemed alot less personal and to add to it, Keri Leigh his ''friend'' really didn't have any anecdotes of her own of Stevie Ray to tell. I loved the book in general though, and actually shed tears a few times, however was surprised in many of the things I just mentioned. Also, there were a massive amount of typos through here that just don't show up in professional books usually. There were great sections on the Vaughan brother rivalry and Srv and Bonnie Rait and Buddy Guy though. There were definetely some mysterious happenings with Stevie and the last few months of his life. Many horrifying coincidences. There was plenty talk of Stevie's amps and strings and so forth that should be interesting to any electric guitar player. That was a redeeming quality not to be overlooked. There were some odd choices in pictures here, but 80 percent of them were worthy of making into posters, that's how good they are. Another good reason to get the book. You get a real sense of Stevie's feelings of inadequacy and vulnerability, as Keri quotes him talking about his idols and his manner towards them. I really did expect far more rhetoric about Albert King who really did have more respect than King Fans might be able to imagine. Albert didn't give much credit to more than a few bluesman, [particularly guitarists] but as he said on the In Session album and Tv show- something like this anyway- '' Lots a guitar players out here. They play loud and they play fast-don't concentrate on no soul... But you Got 'em both....You pretty good.'' And so on. But only a few lines of Albert show up here. That was surprising. All in all, if you're a fan you shouldn't be dissappointed with what is there, and should get lots of enjoyment out of it too. However if you only want one book about Stevie, remember that this one does have some faults though lots of good reading. Also There is quite a large portion of the pages devoted to keeping you up with the Jimmie Vaughan, The Thunderbirds, and many Austin players to grow up with SRV and their intertwining timelines.
Rating:
Summary: Material gets 4stars-publications makes it morelike3
Review: This has some dazzling reviews of untaped concerts from SRV and DT. Also it has lots of information on Stevie Ray's life with other bands, Jimmie Vaughan, girlfriends, parents etc. Keri Leigh was a friend of SRV's and his chosen biographer. Hower this book does have big problems. The quality of the literal material like the binding of the book has almost completely fallen apart since December of 2000. I only read it once! Also, there is no direct interviews of any of the 4 members that past through Dt. Not Tommy, Chris, Jackie Newhouse or Reese. And no interviews from Keri of Jimmie Vaughan either. Only quotes from other publications, no real stories. That seemed alot less personal and to add to it, Keri Leigh his ''friend'' really didn't have any anecdotes of her own of Stevie Ray to tell. I loved the book in general though, and actually shed tears a few times, however was surprised in many of the things I just mentioned. Also, there were a massive amount of typos through here that just don't show up in professional books usually. There were great sections on the Vaughan brother rivalry and Srv and Bonnie Rait and Buddy Guy though. There were definetely some mysterious happenings with Stevie and the last few months of his life. Many horrifying coincidences. There was plenty talk of Stevie's amps and strings and so forth that should be interesting to any electric guitar player. That was a redeeming quality not to be overlooked. There were some odd choices in pictures here, but 80 percent of them were worthy of making into posters, that's how good they are. Another good reason to get the book. You get a real sense of Stevie's feelings of inadequacy and vulnerability, as Keri quotes him talking about his idols and his manner towards them. I really did expect far more rhetoric about Albert King who really did have more respect than King Fans might be able to imagine. Albert didn't give much credit to more than a few bluesman, [particularly guitarists] but as he said on the In Session album and Tv show- something like this anyway- '' Lots a guitar players out here. They play loud and they play fast-don't concentrate on no soul... But you Got 'em both....You pretty good.'' And so on. But only a few lines of Albert show up here. That was surprising. All in all, if you're a fan you shouldn't be dissappointed with what is there, and should get lots of enjoyment out of it too. However if you only want one book about Stevie, remember that this one does have some faults though lots of good reading. Also There is quite a large portion of the pages devoted to keeping you up with the Jimmie Vaughan, The Thunderbirds, and many Austin players to grow up with SRV and their intertwining timelines.
Rating:
Summary: A Must-Have For SRV Fans!
Review: This is an amazing book! It got me reading page after page and just couldn't put it down! Keri sure has written it from her heart and soul and wrote it with great care. The photos were excellent addition to the book. It's just amazing to find out about Stevie's incredible life and times. He lived a fast, hard life, starting at a young age. Being exposed to superstardom wasn't what he thought it would be. Drugs and alcohol almost took his life away, but he had a strong will to survive. Sadly, however, just when he was starting a new clean lifestyle, his life was abruptly cut short. He was and still is one of the few best bluesmen that ever rocked the music world! His legacy still live on. Now he's jammin' with the great cats up there! They call him, " Guitar Hurricane"!!
Rating:
Summary: A Must-Have For SRV Fans!
Review: This is an amazing book! It got me reading page after page and just couldn't put it down! Keri sure has written it from her heart and soul and wrote it with great care. The photos were excellent addition to the book. It's just amazing to find out about Stevie's incredible life and times. He lived a fast, hard life, starting at a young age. Being exposed to superstardom wasn't what he thought it would be. Drugs and alcohol almost took his life away, but he had a strong will to survive. Sadly, however, just when he was starting a new clean lifestyle, his life was abruptly cut short. He was and still is one of the few best bluesmen that ever rocked the music world! His legacy still live on. Now he's jammin' with the great cats up there! They call him, " Guitar Hurricane"!!
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