BLOWING THE BLUES - Fifty Years Playing The British Blues -

This is the autobiography of a master musician, the King of British blues saxophone. In the 60s and 70s Dick was the cornerstone of such seminal R&B bands as Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, the Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Colosseum, paving the way for R&B-influenced rock groups like Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, the Animals and the Rolling Stones. 

With his pithy humour, Dick describes the revolutionary founding years of British R&B - his anecdotes about Ginger Baker, Alexis Korner, Charlie Watts and the unforgettable Graham Bond alone are worth the price. An extraordinarily entertaining book, Dick’s unrelentingly honest account of his musical career also reflects on what it takes to be a full time musician, and grapples with the racism and drug abuse endemic in the music industry. 

In the back of the book is a CD featuring 25 minutes of previously unreleased tracks by Dick Heckstall-Smith, illustrating the sheer musical diversity of his work.

               

Podemos ver al autor del libro el saxofonista DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH en una de sus colaboraciones con JACK BRUCE. 

Os presentamos el libro ciertamente interesante en donde en formato de autobiografía el músico británico nos explica sus experiencias al lado de gente tan importante como el mismo Jack Bruce, con el que formó parte del grupo donde tambien estaba Ginger Baker, GRAHAM BOND ORGANisation, grabó un par de albumes formando parte de los Bluesbreakers de John Mayall, más tarde con COLOSSEUM , etc. etc. hasta una lista innumerable de colaboraciones y grabaciones también en solitario.

  Uno de los discos de JACK BRUCE, SONGS FOR A TAYLOR en los cuales DICK HECKSTALL tuvo un papel destacado. 

                       

 Dick (Richard Malden) Heckstall-Smith, musician, born September 26 1934; died December   

 17 2004