"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