Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups
by Mitch Rosalsky
This is a beautifully illustrated, easy-to-f ollow reference work which highlights the key periods, princ ipal movements and greatest musicians that make up the rich cultural history of the 20th century''s most enduring style o f popular music. '
Aebersold Vol. 3 Nothin' but Blues for Jazz Guitar
by Jamey Aebersold
Jim Crow's Counterculture (Making the Modern South)
In the late nineteenth century, black musicians in the lower Mississippi Valley, chafing under the social, legal, and economic restrictions of Jim Crow, responded with a new musical form, the blues. In Jim Crow's Counterculture, R. A. Lawson offers a cultural history of blues musicians in the segregation era, explaining how by both accommodating and resisting Jim Crow life, blues musicians created a counterculture to incubate and nurture ideas of black individuality and citizenship. These indivi...
Creedence Clearwater Revival Snarky Coloring Book (Creedence Clearwater Revival Snarky Coloring Books, #0)
by Tracy Tillbury
Otis Redding Snarky Coloring Book (Otis Redding Snarky Coloring Books, #0)
by Courtney Kelly
Learn to Play, Pop Chord Riffs
From Palace to Palais, the musicians who played in the big bands tell their own stories, bringing to life an unforgettable era. Pre-war reminiscences give an insight into a never-to-be-forgotten era, when London's nightclubs were the haunts of the aristocracy and of royalty, and the Prince of Wales would jump at any opportunity to play drums with the resident band. The elegant world of top hat, white ties and tails has gone for ever, but in Talking Swing the musicians relive those nights when th...
This unique collection of essays examines the flow of African American music and musicians across the Atlantic to Europe from the time of slavery to the twentieth century. In a sweeping examination of different musical forms--spirituals, blues, jazz, skiffle, and orchestral music--the contributors consider the reception and influence of black music on a number of different European audiences, particularly in Britain, but also France, Germany, and the Netherlands. The essayists approach the subj...
A Another 101 Blues Riffs (The Ben Hewlett Harmonica Course, #13)
by Ben Hewlett and Paul Lennon
This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program Blues Before Sunrise, the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R&B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has been involved with the blues scene in Chicago for decades. His candid, colorful interviews with prominent blues players, producers, and deejays reveal the behind-the-scenes world of the formative years of recorded blues. Many of these oral histories det...