Nothing But the Blues : The Music and the Musicians

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Summary: Without doubt a "definitive reference"
Review: Every once in awhile a book comes along that can virtually answer all your questions and at the same time incorporate stories on artists both obscure and well-known...that keeps you from putting it down [very difficult for a book that can be considered a reference work].The pictures included alone are well worth the price of the book. Many of them rare and never seen before by many of the blues fans who would be interested in this work. If you are going to have one book in your home library on Blues....this is the one to have. Tom [e-mail]

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Summary: All-Inclusive Blues Reference
Review: This book touches on many of the important blues styles and describes how the music evolved into its current state from the many roots to the many styles that are still alive today. This is a serious reference, packed with all kinds of useful information and hundreds of rare pictures for any serious blues enthusiast.

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Summary: All-Inclusive Blues Reference
Review: This book touches on many of the important blues styles and describes how the music evolved into its current state from the many roots to the many styles that are still alive today. This is a serious reference, packed with all kinds of useful information and hundreds of rare pictures for any serious blues enthusiast.

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Summary: An excellent but readable reference book
Review: This substantial book is filled with rare, many never before seen black and white photos of decades of blues players, accompanied with an entertaining and informative text.

A great book for the blues fan, but readable enough for a newcomer to the genre. A must buy at an not unreasonable price, considering some slighter, less well researched and informative volumes.

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Summary: delighted that our book has been so well received!
Review: what we have tried to do is give an overview of blues. my greatest regret is that because of space and cost considerations, we had to omit the chapters on cajun/zydeco,as well as jazz /blues singers.