Music-Genres & Styles-Blues

With roots in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, the Piedmont, Memphis, and the prairies of Texas and the American West, the musical genre called Americana can prove difficult to define. Nevertheless, this burgeoning trend in American popular music continues to expand and develop,...

Covers choosing the right slide, open blues" tuning, stylistic licks and patterns, using a capo, and the blues styles of Muddy Waters and Elmore James. Written in standard notation and tablature, this book includes 57 music examples."Author: Keith WyattISBN-10: 0769200370ISBN-13: 9780769200378Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Yorktown). A great book introducing boogie, jazz and blues. Includes boogie patterns and: Skip to My Boogie * Five Finger Stomp * Lazy Afternoon * and more.Author: Denes AgayISBN-10: 082568093XISBN-13: 9780825680939Publisher: Yorktown PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1996Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.74h x 8.94w x 0.13d

(Easy Guitar). A great collection of 70 hits arranged for easy guitar with tab so that even beginners can handle them Features songs in rock, pop, blues, jazz and country styles, including: Best of My Love * Blackbird * Crazy * Dreams * Every...

For 15 years, Tom Stephen had the unique distinction of being both drummer and manager of the Jeff Healey Band. The dual role was fraught with conflicts of interest. One minute, he was leading the debauched life of a rock musician; the next, he...

Beyoncé is not simply a pop sensation. She is a cultural phenomenon empowering the oppressed and dispossessed, challenging white privilege and misogyny and exploding gender politics. But who is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter? And how did a small girl from Houston become the strong confident woman...

Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street through the life of the South's first black millionaire, an ex-slave who built an...

Editors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin present a definitive edition of Albert Murray's collected nonfiction, including his 1971 memoir South to a Very Old Place, inspiration for Imani Perry's South to America. In his 1970 classic The Omni-Americans, Albert Murray (1916-2013) took...

Acoustic Blues Guitar teaches blues chord forms, stylistic licks and patterns, blues scales, turnarounds, solo country blues style guitar, independent bass line and melody ideas, and more. The book includes a full-color photo section showing all types of slides. Written in standard notation and...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 14 of this blues/rock axe master's transcriptions, from his Thin Lizzy days as well as his solo career. Songs: Bad for You Baby * Cold Day in Hell * Empty Rooms * The Loner * Midnight Blues * Oh Pretty Woman...

In her intense, brief life, Amy Winehouse's music spoke directly to millions. And since her death, her fans have only increased. Amy Winehouse is one of those pop stars that comes along so rarely we're not sure we knew what we had when we...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 20 classics from the Queen of Soul arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Songs include: Ain't No Way * Chain of Fools * Do Right Woman Do Right Man * I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) *...

In 1973, the musical collective 24-Carat Black released an unheralded masterpiece on Stax Records-and then disappeared. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, a soul-funk concept album primarily written by the ex-Motown arranger Dale Warren, was too bleak, ambitious, or just outright bizarre to reach mainstream audiences. 24-Carat...

The story of bluesman Robert Johnson and his deal with the Devil at the crossroads is one of the core myths at the heart of both blues and rock 'n' roll. In A Meeting At The Crossroads, Matt Frederick explores the history and meaning...

One of the world's most singular guitarists, Loren Connors has wrung distinct shades of ephemeral blues from his guitar, its sound ever-shifting while remaining unmistakably his own in more than 100 records across almost four decades. In the mid-80s, Connors took a partial break...

"101 Riffs and Solos" is arranged for the four-string fretted or fretless cigar box guitar tuned to GDGB. An excellent resource for beginners and a good review of useful techniques for players of all levels and styles, including blues, rock, country, popular and more....

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This 38-song book is a tribute to the work of Bessie Smith, unquestionably the greatest of the vaudeville blues singers. Includes a biography, discography, lots of photos, and classic songs like: After You've Gone * Baby Doll * Baby, Won't You...

100 Classic Blues Licks for Guitar is different to every other guitar lick book available. It's not simply a cold list of licks, it is a breakdown of the playing styles of the world's most important blues guitarists. You won't just copy lines verbatim,...

Go Way Beyond Traditional Guitar Lick BooksThis guitar lick compilation is different to every other guitar lick book available. It's not simply a cold list of licks, it is a breakdown of the playing styles of the world's most important guitarists. You won't just...

Master 100 Essential Blues Guitar Intro Licks & The Language of the Greatest Blues Guitar Players Play intros in the style of the greatest classic blues guitarists Master 5 genre-defining guitar intro licks for each player Combine and personalize guitar intros into your own...

This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the "King of the Blues," and one of America's most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history--most published for the first time--it traces his migration from the Chitlin' Circuit (the national network...

Master 100 Slide Guitar Licks & Learn the Language of the 20 Greatest Blues Guitar Players Play in the style of the 20 greatest slide guitarists Master 5 genre-defining guitar licks for each player Combine and personalize vocabulary into your own unique style Get...

This book begins from the premise that we are living in an age in which the social is in a continuous process of reinvention. The book is also grounded in the assumption that music is a perennial key player in the processes of reinventing...

There is no doubt that the first North American all-out blues festival for modern, electric city blues (in fact all types of blues) was the Ann Arbor Blues Festival held in the fall of 1969. It featured artists like Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, B.B....

In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican labor migrant, a miner in Transvaal, South Africa, tapping a cipendani, a mouth-resonated musical bow. A comparable instrument was seen in the hands of a white Appalachian musician who claimed it as part of his...

(Guitar Educational). From B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitar has become a constant in the realm of American popular music. This book teaches the concepts and techniques as fostered by these legendary bluesmen: 12-bar blues; major &...

The Ultimate Guide to Blues Guitar Soloing Are you struggling to learn the authentic language of blues guitar soloing? Joseph Alexander has helped over 500,000 guitar players improve their skills with his practical, step-by-step guitar guides and his blues books are among his most...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). In this first-ever collaboration, Slowhand meets Lucille to jam on 12 tunes. Features note-for-note transcriptions of King classics, blues standards and new songs, including: Come Rain or Come Shine * Days of Old * Help the Poor * Hold On I'm...

An exciting lineage of women singers--originating with Ma Rainey and her prot馮馥 Bessie Smith--shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin, they injected a...

Collected correspondence from arguably the most important folklorist of the twentieth century Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the most stimulating and influential cultural workers of the twentieth century. He began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 10 tracks from this critically acclaimed 1965 release by blues master B.B. King are featured in standard and notation and tab, including: Every Day I Have the Blues * Help the Poor * How Blue Can You Get * It's...

Learning the Blues Has Never Been So Easy Have you always wanted to play the blues? Authentic blues? Realize your dream of becoming a great blues guitarist with Alfred's Learn to Play Blues Guitar---the simple, straightforward, and effective way to learn the blues. Whether...

(Music Sales America). Master the basics of blues guitar as you play classic blues songs and solos. Explore riffs, solo ideas and special techniques while learning 12 great blues tunes.Author: Darryl WinstonISBN-10: 0825613663ISBN-13: 9780825613661Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1993Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 11.92h x 4.52w...

In 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own, blues scholars Edward Komara and Greg Johnson select those histories, biographies, surveys, transcriptions and studies from the many hundreds of works that have been published about this vital American musical genre, providing short descriptions of the...

In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke joints and barrelhouses. The music that circulated...