Nothing But the Blues : The Music and the Musicians
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789206072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sweeping and Readable This is a very enjoyable read. While fundamentally a blues history book, the chapters are organized topically along lines that will make sense to any blues enthusiast, and there are lots of pictures that (for me, anyway) help to cement the content in memory. Shots of musicians and albums pepper almost every last page. Comments on individual albums and songs, short anecdotes, and quotes keep the text moving at a brisk pace.Chapters cover the topics of roots, Texas and Deep South b. Without doubt a "definitive reference" A Customer Every once in awhile a book comes along that can virtually answer all your questions and at the same time incorporate stories on artists both obscure and well-knownthat keeps you from putting it down [very difficult for a book that can be considered a reference work].The pictures included alone are well worth the price of the book. Many of them rare and never seen before by many of the blues fans who would be interested in this work. If you are going to have one book in your home. LakeKids said EXCELLENT Blues information. We were looking for some background information of old time blues performers and their music and found this book, lovingly used but in great condition, and what a find! This goes waaaay back and talks about so many great people and the areas where the blues was born. Since reading we have been able to make a few purchases of great blues musicians (on Amazon, they have everything!) like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leroy Carr, Dr. Ross, and so many more. It's so great to now have such a
In the first of 11 essays, Samuel Charters writes on the roots of the blues; in others, David Evans digs into Texas and Deep South blues and Mark A. The 325 illustrations include Leadbelly's NYPD rap sheet, recording contracts and rare historic photos of blues performers making their music. Spottswood offers an excellent essay on women and the blues. Humphrey examines the gospel and urban traditions of the blues. From Publishers Weekly In this extensively illustrated, comprehensive volume, Grammy-winning CD producer Cohn provides an elegant pictoral and intellectual history. . Bruce Basti, Jim O'Neal and Mary Katherine Aldin are among the writers covering such topics as white country blues, the 1960s blues revival and the blues today. Richard K. Cohen does full justice to this rich and vibrant chapter of American musical history. Copyright 1993 Reed Busine
King, and a comprehensive "best of the best" discography, including current and rereleased recordings as well as the collectors' treasures to go after.Blues is more popular than ever before. In eleven authoritative essays commissioned especially for the book, Nothing But the Blues traces the African-American origins of the music, its early development as popular entertainment, its early recorded manifestations, its regional differentiation (Mid-South, Tidewater-Piedmont, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles), its many stylistic dimensions, and its contemporary manifestations. Country blues, urban blues, the evolution of rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, and the blues revival are all fully covered.But the written history is only part of the story. Nothing But the Blues features an introduction by one of the genre's living legends, B. Blues fans have always treasured rare photographs of their heroes, and N