Can't Be Satisfied
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“A biography that crackles with as much energy as the great bluesman’s songs.” —Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix
The epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters—who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, invented electric blues, and created the template for the rock-and- roll band and its wild lifestyle—is chronicled...
Published By Little, Brown Paperbacks
Format Paperback
Number Of Pages 448
Publication Date 06/01/2003
ISBN 9780316164948
Dimensions 6.12 inches x 9 inches
“A brisk account of Waters’s journey from the cotton fields of Mississippi to the clubs of Chicago and beyond. . . . With this entertaining and important book, Robert Gordon has made sure that future generations will never forget the original rolling stone.”—John Freeman, Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Compelling... Can’t Be Satisfied is a biography that reads like a great suspense novel.”—Jeff Johnson, Chicago Sun-Times
“Gordon tells the tale with deeply researched hellaciousness; he doesn’t let Muddy off the hook for bad behavior, and he nails the sound of men beating on the devil with guitars.”—Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly
“Not only a penetrating portrait of the man but also a biography of the blues itself... Superb.”—Austin American-Statesman