Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
- Published by: Da Capo Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition March 21, 1997
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0306807432
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0306807435
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 4.8 ounces
Reader Reviews
Very comprehensive; from Slavery era through the 60s, provides a long list of the men and women who created the blues and the following generations that assimilated and popularized them. Discusses the social, economic and political forces that influenced them as well. Good educational read. Pretty much ends at the Muddy Waters/BB King heyday of the 60s. If you're looking more for the modern blues (the Alberts, Buddy Guy, Clapton, Hendrix, SRV even) then this one is not for you. However, if you want to know about the guys (and gals) from whom the modern-era bluesmen learned their chops, this is your book.
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