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Out of the Blue

Name: Out of the Blue
Brand: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
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UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPIISBN: 9781496849120

Life on the Road with Muddy Waters

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By Brian Bisesi, Bob Margolin
Imprint: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
Release Date: June 13, 2024
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 216 x 140 mm
Weight: 270 g
Pages: 277

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Out of the Blue: Life on the Road with Muddy Waters begins with a moment lifted from a young musician's dreams. Brian Bisesi, a guitarist barely out of his teens, is invited on stage to fill in for a missing member of the band backing blues legend Muddy Waters. This life-changing quirk of fate opens the door into a world of challenges and opportunities that Bisesi, an Italian American reared in the comforts of a New York City suburb, can barely imagine. Despite their differences, Bisesi and Waters hit it off, and what might have been a one-night stand turns into a career. From 1978-1980, Bisesi works for Waters as his road manager, bean-counter, and at times his confidant, while often sitting in with the band. Bisesi's years with the band take him to Europe, Japan, Canada, and across the United States as Waters tours-and parties-with rock gods like Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, a Beatle, and the gamut of musicians who came of age with Waters and introduced a younger generation to the blues. In Out of the Blue, Bisesi captures it all: from the pranks and tensions among bluesmen enduring a hard life on the road, to observations about Waters's technique, his love of champagne and reefer, his eye for women, and his sometimes-acrid views of contemporary music. Bisesi has sharp insights into the ill-conceived management decisions that led to the dissolution of Waters's longest-serving band in June of 1980. This book will rivet, amuse, and occasionally infuriate blues aficionados. It is a raucous and intimate portrait of the blues scene at a pivotal moment in time that fascinates music historians and blues fans alike.

Brian Bisesi went on from touring with Muddy Waters to play across the US, Europe, and Canada with blues masters Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, J. B. Hutto, and others. He also toured and coproduced albums for Waters's son, Big Bill Morganfield. Blues Explosion, recorded with Hutto, won the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. Bisesi's writing has appeared in the magazines Big City Rhythm & Blues and Rhythms.

Acknowledgments Foreword Part One Chapter 1: Night Flight Chapter 2: Right Place Chapter 3: Right Sound Chapter 4: Reality Check Chapter 5: Motherfucker Chapter 6: Ribs a la Muddy Chapter 7: Country Miles Chapter 8: Guitar Junior Returns Chapter 9: Break It to Him Gently Chapter 10: Control Freak Chapter 11: Love in a Model T Chapter 12: Elton Who? Part Two Chapter 13: A Big Brit Chapter 14: All Aboard! (Except Us) Chapter 15: Big Picks Chapter 16: Big Head Chapter 17: Duane's Les Paul Chapter 18: Muddy's Pipe Chapter 19: A Toast to All That Chapter 20: Little Man, Huge Voice Chapter 21: Rehashing an Old Lyric Chapter 22: A Face in the Window Chapter 23: The Rolls-Royce of Interviews Chapter 24: Another Stone Rolls By Chapter 25: Why Stop Now? Chapter 26: No Offense, George Chapter 27: Incidental Expenses Chapter 28: Take It or Leave It Chapter 29: Sweet Dreams Chapter 30: Like Riding a Bicycle Chapter 31: RRRiiiiipppp Chapter 32: Definitely a Tripp Chapter 33: Eric, Meet Johnny Chapter 34: A Night on the Town Chapter 35: For the Byrds Part Three Chapter 36: Bumped for Johnny Chapter 37: Sabotage? Chapter 38: Koi and Cow Tongue Chapter 39: Bursting Bladder Chapter 40: Something Weird Chapter 41: Independent Contractors Chapter 42: Rest in Peace Chapter 43: Aftermath

I owe everything I know about the Blues to Brian. We sat for hours in his room as he played DJ and hipped me to all things Chicago. I didn't know then, but he was setting me up for life." - Jimmy Vivino, guitarist and former leader of Conan O'Brien's house band, Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band "If you love blues and Muddy Waters, you'll love reading this book as much as I have. I ain't lyin'!" - Charlie Musselwhite, Grammy Award-winning blues harp player "In Out of the Blue, self-styled 'itinerant blues musician' Brian Bisesi offers an insider's view of Muddy Waters, his musicians, and life on the road in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Mexico. Affiliated with Waters from 1978 into 1980-at times as road manager and guitarist-his privileged perspective permitted him to chronicle Waters and such sidemen as Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Calvin 'Fuzzy' Jones, and Pinetop Perkins. Cameos by Jeff Beck, Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, and Big Joe Williams enhance the text. In sum, this well-written, perceptive, and compelling narrative is mandatory reading for anyone interested in Waters specifically and the blues generally." - Benjamin Franklin V, author of The Miraculous Art of Jazz: One Writer's Reviews

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