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MusicHound blues : the essential album guide / edited by Leland Rucker ; foreword by Al Kooper.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML156.4.B6 M85 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Rucker, Leland, 1947-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Blues (Music)--Discography.
Blues (Music).
Sound recordings--Reviews.
Sound recordings.
Blues musicians--Biography--Dictionaries.
Blues musicians.
Blues (Music)--Bio-bibliography.
Genre:
Bio-bibliography.
Biographies.
Dictionaries.
Discographies.
Reviews.
Bibliographies.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xxii, 551 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
Revised and updated edition.
Other Title:
Blues
Place of Publication:
New York : Schirmer Trade Books, [2002]
Summary:
Newly revised and updated, the essential album guide covers the gamut of regional and historical blues styles - from the deep country blues of the Mississippi Delta to the classic electric blues of Chicago, the big-band jump blues of the 1940s and the blues-rock of today. You'll discover reviews and ratings of the work of over 600 blues artists, from Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson to Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Glllian Welch.
Contents:
A-Z guide to blues acts
Books, magazines, and newspapers
Web pages
Music festivals
Radio stations
Record labels
Five-bone albums
Compilation albums
Band member index
Producer index
Roots index
Category index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-458), list of world wide web pages (pages 459-468) and indexes.
ISBN:
0825672678
9780825672675
OCLC:
49244319

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