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"Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. Like the best music documentaries, Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar interweaves musical history, quotes from celebrated musicians (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, and Johnny Winter, to name a few) and a spellbinding array of life stories to illustrate the early days of blues guitar in…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015University of Minnesota Press · 9781452945651
- Other · English · 2015University of Minnesota Press · 259 pages · 9780816698042
- Other · English · 2015University of Minnesota Press · 9781452945668
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