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Few artists define a musical genre the way the B. B. King defines the urban blues. Under the very capable pen of Daniel de Visé, a Pulitzer Prize winner, we read how the musical brilliance and passion of a young sharecropper living the cabin life deep in the steamy delta plains of Mississippi emerged as the master of his form. Riley B. King, who adopted the nickname "Blues Boy" while spinning blues records for an African American radio station out of Memphis, has served as a primary influence of an entire generation of guitarists, in every genre of popular music. His life story mirrors the struggle for justice and equality that has come to envelope the African American experience in this country. Recommended for: Adults Recommended by: Steven Lavoie, Senior Librarian, Main LIbrary