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First recorded at his house in Stovall, Mississippi, in 1941 as part of a Library of Congress field project to record authentic country blues artists, Muddy Waters was inspired by the experience to move to Chicago and work as a professional musician. This biography chronicles the life and music of the bluesman who went electric in the late 1940s and inspired a generation of rock and blues bands who changed the shape of popular music.
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"A superb compendium of scholarship . . . this book is likely to remain the definitive Muddy study." (Michel Faber Scotland on Sunday)
"Can't Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a single, extraordinary life but the cultural forces that shaped it and the cultural changes which that same life then helped to bring about." (Sean O'Hagan Observer)
"Gordon gets the deep lowdown on the original Rolling Stone. A major feat of research and a fascinating read." (Jay McInerney)
"The strenghts of Can't Be Satisfied lie in Robert Gordon's broad knowledge of the blues scene. He deftly puts each song and incident into its context. His exceptional understanding of the genre is best shown in his treatment of its ultimate irony - the creation of wealth through the depiction of poverty." (Charlie Campbell Literary Review)
"Robert Gordon has produced an immensely readable biography, as rowdy and dangerous as its subject. . . There'll be no need for another Muddy Waters biography, this will do handsomely." (Neil Slaven Blues & Rhythm)
"A blues tome to be treasured ... an unrepeatable feat of scholarship" (Michael Heatley Record Collector)
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"Can't Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a single, extraordinary life but the cultural forces that shaped it and the cultural changes which that same life then helped to bring about." (Sean O'Hagan Observer)
"Gordon gets the deep lowdown on the original Rolling Stone. A major feat of research and a fascinating read." (Jay McInerney)
"The strenghts of Can't Be Satisfied lie in Robert Gordon's broad knowledge of the blues scene. He deftly puts each song and incident into its context. His exceptional understanding of the genre is best shown in his treatment of its ultimate irony - the creation of wealth through the depiction of poverty." (Charlie Campbell Literary Review)
"Robert Gordon has produced an immensely readable biography, as rowdy and dangerous as its subject. . . There'll be no need for another Muddy Waters biography, this will do handsomely." (Neil Slaven Blues & Rhythm)
"A blues tome to be treasured ... an unrepeatable feat of scholarship" (Michael Heatley Record Collector)
The definitive biography, by a long way, of the most influential blues musician of them all. In a nutshell: no Muddy Waters, no Rolling Stones
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