Blues books

Exploring the diverse landscape of American life, the stories in Blues and Trouble capture the lives of people caught...  Read More >>

The first full authoritative biography of a towering figure in musical and cultural history.  Read More >>

"""The blues had a baby and they called it rock 'n' roll,"" said the great Muddy Waters. But what was the firstborn?...  Read More >>

Born 130 years ago in the heart of Mississippi, Charlie Patton (c. 1891-1934) is considered by many to be a father...  Read More >>

"""The blues had a baby and they called it rock 'n' roll,"" said the great Muddy Waters. But what was the firstborn?...  Read More >>

After the singularity of Astral Weeks in 1968, the 1970s were the formative years for the solo career of one of...  Read More >>

Learn to play boogie-woogie piano.  Read More >>

The ultimate guide to learning the blues scales for the piano. The scales are clearly shown and explained in all...  Read More >>

A comprehensive exploration of B.B. King's journey from sharecropper to musical icon!  Read More >>

Takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural...  Read More >>

Takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural...  Read More >>

The leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of...  Read More >>

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The Bay Area had a thriving black music scene in the forties and fifties and, although it can hardly be seen as...  Read More >>

The first official biography of the last great guitar hero.  Read More >>

Josh Smith has taken the world of modern blues guitar playing by storm and now it's possible to get unprecedented...  Read More >>

Le but de ce livre est d'apporter aux harmonicistes débutants et confirmés une encyclopédie de licks ou de riffs...  Read More >>

"Dennis Walker has been ""chasing the blues"" for a lifetime, starting with his first producing credit in 1965....  Read More >>

Offers an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. John Shaw follows the music from...  Read More >>

Offers an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. John Shaw follows the music from...  Read More >>

"Dennis Walker has been ""chasing the blues"" for a lifetime, starting with his first producing credit in 1965....  Read More >>

Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads...  Read More >>

Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners...  Read More >>

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