The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People

Rating:
Summary: A Good, but sometimes tedious read.
Review: With this book, Davis sets himself the daunting task of chronicling one of America's greatest forms of musical expression. The book is informative, but sometimes you'd wish that he'd dwell more on the bluesmen he writes about who are often dismissed with a 2-3 sentence description or a brief anectode. An interesting aspect of this book is Davis' treatment of Presely whom he considers to be great blues singer. He is definitely right because we do tend to often forget that Elvis was ACTUALLY TALENTED. Muddy Waters & Robert Jonhson get a lot of coverage in this book. All things said, buy this book if you are at home with a writer who can talk abourt 10 bluesmen on 2-3 pages.