Blues For Dummies
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764550802 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 372 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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incomplete description no CD included. Blues Rev said Great Teaching Tool. This is a wonderful book for people that want to learn about the Blues. You just can't go wrong with Lonnie Brooks.The history part is very good and informative. The listed musicians are wonderful. Good research went into this book.The accompanying CD is pretty good. You can only put so much music on a CD. It must have been a difficult task deciding . Contents of the music CD. Includes a very good music CD (3Contents of the music CD. CMarchant@sisna.com Includes a very good music CD (34 min. 27 sec.) (All music, no commentary). CONTENTS: I'm your hoochie coochie man / Muddy Waters -- Juke / Little Walter -- Sweet little angel (live version) / B.B. King -- Killing floor / Howlin' Wolf -- First time I met the blues / Buddy Guy -- Frosty / Albert Collins -- I pity the fool / Boddy Bland -- Okie dokie s. min. 27 sec.) (All music, no commentary). CONTENTS: I'm your hoochie coochie man / Muddy Waters -- Juke / Little Walter -- Sweet little angel (live version) / B.B. King -- Killing floor / Howlin' Wolf -- First time I met the blues / Buddy Guy -- Frosty / Albert Collins -- I pity the fool / Boddy Bland -- Okie dokie s
. Cub Koda is a guitarist, music historian, and regular columnist for Discoveries magazine. He is also a contributing editor to the All Music Guide to the Blues. Wayne Baker Brooks is a Chicago-based blues songwriter and guitarist. He has been performing for more than 40 years and has played with some of the biggest names in music, including B.B. As the leader of Brownsville Station,
Get your mojo working as you take a musical trip from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago's gritty South Side and points beyond with Blues For Dummies, an insightful, toe-tappin', music lovers' guide to the blues. Popular blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks serves as your tour guide through the life and times of the blues, from the acoustic mystique of Robert Johnson and Son House to the urban blues men and women of today: John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, B.B. Get hip to the different styles and eras of the blues; discover what makes the blues so blue; find out "Who's Who" among four generations of blues musicians; and make tracks to the best blues clubs on the planet with this great, easygoing reference.. King, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and, of course, Brooks himself.Blues For Dummies travels from sad to glad, with stops along the way at heartache and despair, hope and joy, on the road to great music
Mike Tribby. So George Thorogood and Elvis appear alongside J. From Booklist Longtime fans of bluesman Brooks in particular may find that this overview of the blues resembles a warm reunion, rife with reminiscence. Novices will find that the book stands them in good stead whenever the conversation turns to this revered form of purely American popular music. Hutto and Robert Nighthawk, not least because such derivative artists are like gateway drugs for blues addicts. Plenty of familiar musicians are profiled, including some who are not always associated with the "real" blues and whose presence shows that the authors are informers rather than purists. The book's organization makes for some odd placement, such as having the two Sonny Boy Williamsons' entries 50 p