Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection Of Classic Blues Lyrics [Paperback]

They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad/Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad. There's a lot more to the blues than three chords played on an old beat-up guitar.Squeeze My Lemonis a collection of some of the best blues lines ever recorded. From birth (Born under a bad sign/I've been down since, I began to crawl) to death (Everybody wants to go to heaven/But nobody wants to die) and everything in between, this volume quotes classic blues phrases by ssongwriter/artists B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Robert JJohnson and many, many others. Compiled by award-winning author/Grammy-nominated, record producer Randy Poe,Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection of Classic Blues Lyriicsfeatures classic photos of many leading blues artists. A great gift book, it is highly entertaining not only for blues lovers, but for anyone who appreciatees great lyrics. Categorized by subject matter (Love  Or the Lack Thereof, Bluess & Booze, Blues Behind Bars, Make Mine a Double Entendre, etc.),Squeeze My Lemmonis a book you'll return to  and quote from  again and again.Randy Poeis the author ofMusic Publishing: A Songwriter's Guide, an ASCAP-Deems Taylor award-winning book. A former executive director of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in New York City, Poe received a Grammy nomination in 1994 for his production of the Rhino Records boxed setSongs of the West. He has produced, compiled or written the liner notes for almost 100 albums to date. Poe was a 2002 recipient of the music industry's Heroes & Legends Award, along with Motown founder Berry Gordy. During the daylight hours, he is the president of Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing, one of the largest independent music publishers in the world. Poe lives in Los Angeles.