All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues
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Fully updated to reflect today's revitalized blues world, this guide is any blues fan's lifeline to the best blues past and present. It reviews and rates 7,000 recordings in all major styles across the blues map - from Delta blues to Louisiana, Memphis, Chicago, Texas, and beyond; from classic female singers to jump blues, blues slide guitar, blues in jazz, soul blues, blues-rock, modern acoustic and electric blues, and more. This fun and easy-to-use guide provides profiles of over 1,000 blues artists. Thirty historical essays plus supplemental "music maps" chart the roots and evolution of the blues, its various styles, instruments used, key artists, and more. The essays explore the blues from the Mississippi Delta to modern electric blues and everything in between.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Backbeat Books
Manufacturer Backbeat Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2003-04-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 073999799781
EANs 9780879307363

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues