“Charming...honest...transcendent...an eloquent autobiography...It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a closefriend. Aficionados of the blues will find plenty to pique their interest, but the book truly shines because of the portrait itpaints of a man who has made kindness and respect a lifelong philosophy.” — Billboard

“B.B. King is the preeminent living practioner of the blues…Blues All Around Me is a treasure trove of informatino…told with real feeling” — Washinton Post Book World

“An excellent musical life…dotted with encounters from everyone from Sonny Boy Williamson and Miles Davis to Stevie Ray Vaughn” — Philadelphia Inquirer

“Candid…heartbreaking…deceptively and disarmingly casual and controversial…King’s book is as self-questioningly honest as any blues song.” — Houston Chronicle

“B.B.’s life and 50-year career is a precious piece of American history that no one could have told better—except maybe Lucille.” — Vibe

“An amazing success story…an eminently entertaining tale of a true American hero.” — Austin American-Statesman

“For almost 50 years, King has let his guitar, Lucille, do the talking. Now the celebrated bluesman tells his own gutsy story.” — Buzz

“A classy book from a classy man…straightforward, frank, unaffected, and breezy, with many funny, insightful stories and anecdotes.” — Seattle Times

“King tells his very American success story with the lyricism and leisurely pace of a born storyteller…with warmth and sincerity.” — Rolling Stone

“This is one of the best recent pop-music bios. King speaks straight from the soul, it seems, just like he plays guitar.” — Booklist

“Excellent...provocative...King comes off in print not unlike he does in his music: warm and polite, down gome and sophisticated, expressive and tasteful.” — Orlando Sentinel

“The thrill is never gone.” — USA Today