Reviews for Developments in managerial support

The average rating for Developments in managerial support based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-08 00:00:00 Dave Chow My third trip to Greg Kihn's world. It's 1977, a decade after Big Rock Beat and two decades after Horror Show. Only Beau Young, the soulful Hippie guitarist, returns in any substantial way from the previous two books. Truthfully, I missed the colorful band of misfits and miscreants that followed Landis Woodley, but this is not their milieu. The decade since becoming a one hit wonder was not kind to Beau, but he's recovering, having found a new gig as guitarist for blues harpist Oakland Slim. Then master bluesmen start dying in a horrific manner. Meanwhile, in California, blues legend Robert Johnson is revealed to still be alive. Once again the stakes have shrunk. Only a handful of aging blues musicians are threatened, but as the stakes are more personal, they seem magnified. Greg Kihn once again crafts a narrative that just pulls you along. The story is heavily seasoned with that combination of christianity, voodoo, and hoodoo (they're different) that was particular to the Mississippi Delta and that whole melange of pain, unfaithfulness, prison, rambling, and all those other things that inform the blues. I myself went through a maniacal blues phase, so I got it. As the author is also a musician, it's pretty obvious this is coming from a place of affection for these men and women who invented a fair chunk of modern popular music and have been largely forgotten. Overall, this was a good book. Objectively. I don't think it was as good as the first two, but as a blues fan, it was pretty darn effective. Recommended for those who get it. You know who you are.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-12-11 00:00:00 Andor Petras Excellent book! A mystery, voodoo, Rock n' Roll, Robert Johnson and plenty of action.