Music-Genres & Styles-Blues

(Music Sales America). In this compact quick-reference chord-finder, Jack Long has gathered together all the most useful chords you'll ever need to play the blues ... perfect for improvising or jammingAuthor: Jack LongISBN-10: 0711977704ISBN-13: 9780711977709Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1999Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.68h x...

After 50 years of making highly regarded music documentaries and releasing a well-received 2023 memoir titled Notes from the Road: A Filmmaker's Journey through American Music, filmmaker Robert Mugge is once again permitting 150 of his musician subjects (as well as others who support...

Liederbuch (in deutsch und english) mit 15 Songs von Robert Johnson - einfach notiert für die Mandoline.Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesmusiker. Er gilt im Blues als einer der bekanntesten Gitarristen, Sänger und Songwriter, man nennt ihn auch den "King of the...

Author: Michael UrbanISBN-10: 1137565748ISBN-13: 9781137565747Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2016Pages: 181Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Boogie Woogie & More: Original Piano Solos Unlock the groove and energy of American roots music with Boogie Woogie & More, a collection of original piano compositions designed for the modern performer.Blending the driving basslines of Boogie Woogie with the soulful melodies of Blues...

Author: Erany Barrow-PryorISBN-10: 3639096495ISBN-13: 9783639096491Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2008Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

"Black Pearls" is an anthology of black women singers who made major contributions to American music. The word anthology derives from the Greek language meaning "gathering of flowers." In this collection, Josephine Qualls has described the evolution of Jazz music and its' related musical...

(Guitar Educational). If you're a blues guitarist who wants to know how the legends build their solos, then this book is for you! Rockin' Blues Licks gives you more than 50 cool licks that sound great over each portion of the blues progression. They...

(Reference). B.B. King was the acknowledged "King of the Blues." In this second edition of the popular book, Eric E. Dahl picks up where the story left off. The new chapters cover the passing of B.B. King, his award at the Americana Music Awards,...

(Music Sales America). The new way to practice jamming! This book/CD pack includes full-band backup to 12 Chicago-style extended jams in authentic blues styles. Includes tips on scales and techniques to use with each track. Songs include, in standard notation and tablature: Back Against...

A compilation and analysis of the many blues and gospel songs written about the inspirational president Kennedy's Blues: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK collects in a single volume the blues and gospel songs written by African Americans about the presidency of...

It's now 2016. John Palmer, the founder of the world famous rock and roll group, The Jerusalem Blues Band, is looking to get back in the music industry. His band and his songs have been gone from the charts for about thirty some years....

The term "blues" has traditionally conveyed an image of hard-living, hard-drinking, carousing singers and musicians grinding out melancholy tunes and evil lyrics. Contesting that stereotypical notion, this study argues that spiritual values are clearly reflected in the blues' mythologized history, folk-theological language, and philosophical...

Author: Charles EmbreeISBN-13: 9798218591977Publisher: One Mind Good PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 558Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d

Fallen Fret follows two Brooklyn sisters who chose Harlem edge over Times Square flash. When Chaz Russell needed a guitarist to lead his blues band, he chose Liz O'Malley who had left prison on her twenty-fifth birthday with prodigious guitar technique learned from a...

"This was really the first time that blues music, especially Chicago/urban blues, was showcased in this way. Sadly, the festivals were not recorded professionally. So Mr. Livingston's photos are the best record of the festivals."---Michael Jewett, longtime weekday afternoon host of 89.1 Jazz and...

BLIND FAITH - The First SupergroupThe group existed for only a very brief period and left behind a single self-titled album, but its historical significance extends far beyond that. Blind Faith proved that highly talented musicians could work together, despite their different backgrounds and...

Eli Yamin explores those essential elements that make the blues sound authentic and guides readers of all backgrounds and levels through mastering this art form. He provides glimpses into the musical lives of the women and men who created the blues and offers concrete...

Author: Rex Pernell LewisISBN-13: 9798251557275Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2026Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

Taking up where he left off with Kinds of Blue (The Ohio State University Press, 2004), Jürgen E. Grandt seeks to explore in depth some of the implications of the modernist jazz aesthetic resonating in the African American literary tradition. Grandt's new book, Shaping...

The Complete & Authorised Guide to the Soloing Techniques of Guitar Legend Gary MooreDiscover the emotional fire, melodic mastery, and unmistakable power of Gary Moore - one of the most expressive guitarists of all time. From hard-rocking shuffles to ferocious rock anthems to soul-melting...

Author: Michelle JamesISBN-13: 9798295512711Publisher: For Notaries to Close MortgagesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2026Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Blues Dance: The Ultimate Guide to Movement and Melody is the definitive guide for anyone seeking to master the art of blues dance. Written by Michael Fink, a seasoned blues dancer with over 24 years of experience and a Master Coach, this book offers...

Finding Light in the Blues: Trainwreck, Looking Back at One's Life With Regret, is not just a book about hardship-it's a testament to the human capacity for survival, healing, and growth. Through raw lyrics and honest storytelling, Aaron J. Pinson turns pain into music...

This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get...

This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.Author: Melanie E. BratcherISBN-10: 0415980291ISBN-13: 9780415980296Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2007Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.37w x 0.77d

Author: Bruce PeggISBN-10: 1915858534ISBN-13: 9781915858535Publisher: Spenwood Books LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2026Pages: 336Format: Paperback

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been...

Author: Veronika JacksonISBN-13: 9798261823698Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2026Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d

In Segregating Sound, Karl Hagstrom Miller argues that the categories that we have inherited to think and talk about southern music bear little relation to the ways that southerners long played and heard music. Focusing on the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth,...

In A Language of Song, Samuel Charters--one of the pioneering collectors of African American music--writes of a trip to West Africa where he found "a gathering of cultures and a continuing history that lay behind the flood of musical expression [he] encountered everywhere ....

Michael Urban chronicles the advent of blues music in Russia and explores the significance of the genre in the turbulent, postcommunist society. Russians, he explains, have taken a music originating in the "low" culture of the American South and transformed it into an object...

British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the then-nascent, now-legendary blues revival that reclaimed seminal figures like Son House and Skip James from obscurity. Throughout its history, Blues Unlimited heightened the literacy of blues fans,...

A member of Muddy Waters' legendary late 1940s-1950s band, Jimmy Rogers pioneered a blues guitar style that made him one of the most revered sidemen of all time. Rogers also had a significant if star-crossed career as a singer and solo artist for Chess...

Steve Cushing, the award-winning host of the nationally syndicated public radio staple Blues before Sunrise, has spent over thirty years observing and participating in the Chicago blues scene. In Pioneers of the Blues Revival, he interviews many of the prominent white researchers and enthusiasts...

This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more...

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....

A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the...

Author: Adam GussowISBN-10: 0226310973ISBN-13: 9780226310978Publisher: University of Chicago PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2002Pages: 360Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.78h x 6.80w x 0.98d

It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound...

The Story of the Blues in 50 Songs traces the evolution of the blues and its influence on modern music. Highlighting 50 key recordings, the book explores the genre's roots in Black American culture and its impact on rock, soul, jazz, and hip-hop. Entries...

This book examines the career of Willie Dixon, detailing his skills as a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. This volume also charts the development of his songwriting techniques from his early professional career to his mature period, exploring his philosophy of songwriting and its...

"Exceptionally illuminating and philosophically sophisticated."---Ted Cohen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago"In this audacious and long-awaited book, Joel Rudinow takes seriously a range of interrelated issues that most music theorizing is embarrassed to tackle. People often ask me about music and spirituality. With Soul...

Author: Alicja UrbanowiczISBN-13: 9798265172457Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2025Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel, development, jazz...[If] the Negro represents,...

Liederbuch (in deutsch und english) mit weiteren 25 Traditionals & Folk Songs - Band 2, aufbereitet mit nur 3 Akkorden für die Begleitung mit der Mundharmonika / Bluesharp.Viele Lieder lassen sich mit nur 3 Akkorden begleiten, alle weiteren Mehrklänge können weggelassen oder durch einem...

Talking Blues - Off the Record presents a one-of-a-kind-platform for artists to critique the recordings of their peers. Here we have great blues artists commenting on the wider world of music, and rock and jazz musicians focusing on the blues. And as each musician...

Texas Blues: Barrooms, Borders, and Firebrands is an unflinching, deeply textured journey into the heart of Lone Star blues. From the piney woods of East Texas to the neon stages of Austin, this volume traces the electrified sound, regional identities, and improvisational genius that...

Chicago Blues didn't just change music-it changed what it meant to be heard. In Chicago Blues: Smoke, Steel, and the Electric Roar, the fifth volume in The Blues Atlas series, author and cultural historian Bill Johns dives deep into the sound that electrified America...

Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for...