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My Life in Music
By Maceo Parker
MUSIC
208 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket, Trade Paper
Trade Paper, $15.99 (US $15.99) (CA $18.99)
ISBN 9781613735459
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (May 2016)
Overview
“[Parker] has more soul in his little finger than a roomful of Boyz II Men.” —Oakland Tribune
Maceo Parker’s signature style became the lynchpin of James Brown's band when he and his brother Melvin joined the Hardest Working Man in Show Business in 1964. That style helped define Brown’s brand of funk, and the phrase “Maceo, I want you to blow!” became part of the lexicon of black music. He took time off from James Brown to play with George Clinton’s P-funk collective and with Bootsy’s Rubber Band; he also formed his own band, Maceo and All the King’s Men, whose records are cult favorites among funk aficionados.
Here Maceo tells his own warm and astonishing story, from his Southern upbringing to his career touring the world and playing to adoring fans. Maceo has long called his approach to the saxophone “2% jazz, 98% funky stuff.” Now, on the eve of Maceo’s 70th birthday, in prose as lively and funky as his saxophone playing, here is the definitive story of one of the funkiest musicians alive.
Reviews
"Hipper than most 20-year-olds, [Parker] has more soul in his little finger than a roomful of Boyz II Men." —Oakland Tribune
"Parker talks with his sax, chatters away without a seeming care. It's a musical antidepressant, an antidote to dark days." —San Diego Reader
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