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Author:Peter Guralnick
Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing
By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed...- $30.00
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Author:Robben Ford
Robben Ford's Urban Blues Guitar Revolution: A Modern Approach to Playing Blues Rhythm Guitar & Dynamic Soloing
Master Modern Blues Guitar Rhythm and Soloing - With Robben Ford Robben Ford is one of the world's most in demand modern blues guitarists. From his work with Miles Davis, to the Yellowjackets, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and Larry Carlton, the Blues has always...- $19.99
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Author:Phil Wiggins
Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues
Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues depicts the life and times of harmonica player Phil Wiggins and the unique, vibrant music scene around him, as described by music journalist Frank Matheis. Featuring Wiggins's story, but including information on many musicians, the volume presents...- $25.00
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Author:Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield - Blues Harmonica Master Class: Book/Online Audio [With CD]
(Guitar). Paul Butterfield Teaches Blues Harmonica is part of the Listen and Learn series from Homespun. Paul explains some of his playing techniques that made him famous such as note-bending, tongue-blocking, and tremolo. Includes online access to audio for download or streaming, using the...- $19.99
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Author:Stanley Booth
Red Hot and Blue: Fifty Years of Writing about Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers
This collection of over fifty years of writing about the South and its music by Stanley Booth, one of the undisputedly great chroniclers of the subject, is a classic, essential read. Booth's close contacts with many of the musicians he writes about provide a...- $19.99
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Author:George Mitchell
Mississippi Hill Country Blues 1967
These photographs document George Mitchell's trip to Mississippi, where he searched for thenunrecorded blues musicians including R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, and Othar Turner. Thisjourney yielded recordings of music now on cherished and touted albums and CDs. From Mitchell'sfieldwork many others discovered the...- $40.00
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Author:Hal Leonard Corp
The Blues Fake Book
(Fake Book). The most comprehensive single-volume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre. Every major blues artist is well-represented, including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, Alberta Hunter, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric...- $39.99
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Author:Hal Leonard Corp
Jazz & Blues - Play-Along Solos - Tenor Sax Book/Online Audio [With CD (Audio)]
(Instrumental Play-Along). 14 songs for solo instruments, complete with play-along accompaniment tracks. Includes: Bernie's Tune * Cry Me a River * Fever * Fly Me to the Moon * God Bless' the Child * Harlem Nocturne * Moonglow * A Night in Tunisia *...- $14.99
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Author:Adam Gussow
Whose Blues?: Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music
Mamie Smith's pathbreaking 1920 recording of "Crazy Blues" set the pop music world on fire, inaugurating a new African American market for "race records." Not long after, such records also brought black blues performance to an expanding international audience. A century later, the mainstream...- $99.00
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Author:Toby Wine
Johnny Winter Plays the Blues [With CD (Audio)]
(Guitar Educational). This book/CD package is an insider's guide to the guitar style of Johnny Winter. You'll learn blues licks, riffs, turnarounds, and solos from the master himself, plus slide technique, alternate tunings, and much more. The CD features performances by Johnny Winter on...- $19.99
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Author:Rich Delgrosso
Mandolin Blues: From Memphis to Maxwell Street
(Mandolin). Travel back in time as acclaimed mandolinist Rich DelGrosso, author of the best-selling Hal Leonard Mandolin Method (00695102), traces the history and music of America's rich blues tradition through the eyes of the mandolinist. Follow the lives of players like Yank Rachell, Howard...- $22.99
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Author:Samuel Charters
The Poetry of the Blues
A signal event in the history of the music. -- Ted Gioia, author of The Delta BluesMusicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929-2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could connect all people who love poetry. A pioneer in the exploration of world...- $9.95
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Author:Joseph Alexander
The Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar Book One - Rhythm Guitar
Every aspect of playing great blues guitar is covered, building from first principles such as blues rhythm, riffs, structure and fills, to more advanced techniques such as approach chords, shell chords and 'drop two' chord voicings.Author: Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1911267868ISBN-13: 9781911267867Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2014Pages: 102Format:...- $19.99
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Author:Will Romano
Incurable Blues: The Troubles & Triumph of Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin
INCURABLE BLUES THE TROUBLES AND TRIUMPH OF BLUES LEGEND HUBERT SUMLINAuthor: Will RomanoISBN-10: 0879308338ISBN-13: 9780879308339Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2005Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.60w x 0.69d- $19.99
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Author:Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson for Ukulele
(Ukulele). 18 blues guitar classics specially arranged for the ukulele, with riffs and backup rhythms, in standard notation and tab. Includes: Drunken Hearted Man * Honeymoon Blues * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) *...- $19.99
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Author:Leslie Gourse
Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk
This first full-length biography of the legendary pianist/composer in English tells the story of the tragic life and creative genius of Thelonius Monk. Based on scores of interviews with his family, friends and compatriots, along with voluminous research, this book gives the reader insight...- $24.95
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Author:John Ganapes
More Blues You Can Use Book/Online Audio
(Guitar Educational). This comprehensive follow-up to Blues You Can Use is designed to help players develop their lead and rhythm techniques. Covers: pentatonic scales, single-note tremolo, double-string bends, reverse bends, shuffle rhythms, 6th and 9th chords, boogie patterns, chord substitutions, vibrato techniques, chord accents,...- $22.99
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Author:Brent C. Robitaille
Mandolin Blues Book: 101 Blues Riffs and Solos for Mandolin
Master the blues on your mandolin. Take your blues mandolin playing to the next level with the Mandolin Blues Book. A collection of 101 blues riffs and solos ideal for all mandolinists looking to get a good grasp of jamming the blues. The book...- $21.99
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Author:Byron E. Brewer
Riding the Blues Train with Lemon Jefferson
In these pages is the account of 50 years of the personal, casual searching out a trail of blues music from the American South. It is also the story of one writer's chase through the years to the meaning of puzzles that confront us...- $8.95
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Author:Diane Williams
The Life and Legacy of B.B. King: A Mississippi Blues Icon
Blues legend B.B. King spent his life sharing the music of his soul, which shone relentlessly through hardship and triumph alike. He never wavered from his vocation, even as he gathered up other musicians in his wake and melded them into the harmony of...- $31.99
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Author:Bryan Wagner
The Wild Tchoupitoulas' the Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a definitive expression of the modern New Orleans sound. From "Hey Pocky A-Way" to "Big Chief Got a Golden Crown," the album draws on carnival traditions stretching back a century, adapting songs from the Mardi Gras Indians. Music chanted in...- $14.95
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Author:Robin Trower
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 8 songs from the 1974 recording by this bluesy psychedelic British guitarist. Includes: About to Begin * Bridge of Sighs * Day of the Eagle * The Fool and Me * In This Place * Lady Love * Little Bit...- $19.99
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Author:Martin Hawkins
Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
As Louis Armstrong forever tethered jazz to New Orleans and Clifton Chenier fixed Lafayette as home to zydeco, Slim Harpo established Baton Rouge as a base for the blues. In the only complete biography of this internationally renowned blues singer and musician, Martin Hawkins...- $35.00
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Author:Hal Leonard Corp
New Orleans Piano Legends
(Piano Solo Songbook). This long-awaited collection features 11 transcriptions from the greatest New Orleans pianists of all time, including legends like Professor Longhair, James Booker, Dr. John, Fats Domino, Jelly Roll Morton and Tuts Washington. Songs: Big Chief * Blueberry Hill * Doin' It...- $24.99
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Author:Lawrence Cohn
Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians
It is our most passionate music, rooted in ancient Africa but brought to blossom in America at the doorstep of the twentieth century. It is a living heritage of song born in poverty, persecution, and hard labor, born of love and love betrayed, of...- $39.95
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Author:Bill Dahl
The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age
This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse elements of American...- $35.00
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Author:Mark Harrison
Jazz-Blues Piano the Complete Guide with Audio! Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book with online audio tracks will teach you the basic skills needed to play jazz-blues piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio features many of the...- $19.99
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Author:Philip R. Ratcliffe
Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues
Winner, Best History, 2012 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. At seventy-one he moved...- $110.00
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Author:Snowden Wright
Play Pretty Blues
The mysteries of blues legend Robert Johnson's life and death long ago became myth. Part researched reconstruction, part vivid imagination, this lyrical novel brings Johnson alive through the voices of his six wives, revealing the husband and son inside the legend, illuminating the vacuum...- $14.95
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Author:Levi Clay
Slide Guitar Soloing Techniques
Learning how to play slide guitar is one of the few techniques can change your whole approach to the guitar, so much so that it becomes a whole new instrument. In this book, you will master the art and technique of modern electric slide...- $19.99
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Author:Will Jacks
Po' Monkey's: Portrait of a Juke Joint
Outside of Merigold, Mississippi, off an unmarked dirt road, stands Po' Monkey's, perhaps the most famous house in Mississippi and the last rural juke joint in the state, now closed to the public. Before the death of the lounge's owner, Willie Seaberry, in 2016,...- $35.00
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Author:Diane Williams
The Life and Legacy of B.B. King: A Mississippi Blues Icon
Blues legend B.B. King spent his life sharing the music of his soul, which shone relentlessly through hardship and triumph alike.Born on a cotton plantation in 1925, the man born Riley B. King would grow up to be one of the most influential blues...- $23.99
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Author:David Honeyboy Edwards
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy's stories of good friends Charlie Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Johnson are a...- $24.95
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Author:Graeme Thomson
Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn
Did any musician in the Seventies fly so free as John Martyn did on Bless The Weather, Solid Air, Inside Out and One World? Did any fall so far? Small Hours is an intimate, unflinching biography of one of the great maverick artists. Though...- $28.99
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Author:Don Nix
Memphis Man: Living High, Laying Low
When Don Nix began his career in Memphis, he was still in high school. Over time, his first band, the Mar-Keys, evolved into Booker T. and the MGs. As a producer and musician, Nix worked with Freddie King, Furry Lewis, Albert King, Delaney and...- $27.99
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Author:Lynn Abbott
Ragged But Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz
The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs," with their ugly name,...- $50.00
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Author:Charles Farley
Soul of the Man: Bobby Blue Bland
Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky-smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland relates how Bland, along with longtime friend B. B. King, and...- $30.00
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Author:Nancy Faber
Showtime Piano Jazz & Blues - Level 2a
(Faber Piano Adventures ). ShowTime Piano Jazz & Blues is a spirited collection of jazz and blues pieces arranged for the Level 2A piano student. The student will enjoy creating the sounds of jazz and blues while improving reading and rhythmic skills. The book...- $7.99
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Author:Zeke Schein
Portrait of a Phantom: Story of Robert Johnson's Lost Photograph, the
A true music-lover's journey into the past! Late one night in 2005, Zeke Schein made an amazing discovery while searching for a vintage guitar on eBay: a grainy, battered photograph captioned Old Snapshot Blues Guitar BB King Neither man looked like King, but one...- $26.95
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Author:Mitsutoshi Inaba
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson: The Blues Harmonica of Chicago's Bronzeville
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson was one of the most popular blues harmonica players and singers from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Recording for the Bluebird Records and RCA Victor labels, Sonny Boy shaped Chicago's music scene with an innovative style that gave...- $59.00
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Author:David Hamburger
The Complete Blues Guitar Method Complete Edition: Book & Online Video/Audio
Anyone interested in playing blues guitar can pick up this well-paced, comprehensive method and get started right away. Beginning concepts include blues theory, left-hand technique, call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, improvisation, and the rhythmic styles of Texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues. Intermediate topics...- $39.99
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Author:Jared Meeker
Sitting in -- Blues Guitar: Backing Tracks and Improv Lessons, Book & DVD-ROM
Soloing is an important part of your playing, but practicing on your own doesn't always get the creative juices flowing because there is nothing quite like the experience of sitting in with a full band. Since jamming with other musicians is not always possible,...- $19.99
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Author:Clair Delune
South Carolina Blues
The history of South Carolina blues is a long, deep--and sometimes painful--story. However, it is a narrative with aspects as compelling as the music itself. Geographical differences in America led to variations in the styles of music that developed from African rhythms. The wet,...- $24.99
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Author:Clair Delune
South Carolina Blues
The history of South Carolina blues is a long, deep--and sometimes painful--story. However, it is a narrative with aspects as compelling as the music itself. Geographical differences in America led to variations in the styles of music that developed from African rhythms. The wet,...- $31.99
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Author:Rhetta Akamatsu
Southern Crossroads: Georgia Blues
...Captures no only the rich history of the blues in Georgia but the strong and vibrant Blues scene that exists today..." - George Klein, Co-President of the Atlanta Blues Society, from the ForewordTake a journey into the rich territory of Georgia's blues history starting...- $9.00
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Author:Jill Terry
Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National Identities
This book presents a collection of essays on the debates about origins, authenticity, and identity in folk and blues music. The essays had their origins in an international conference on the Transatlantic routes of American roots music, out of which emerged common themes and...- $35.00
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Author:Charles Farley
Soul of the Man: Bobby Blue Bland
Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky-smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Until now, his story has never been told in a book-length biography. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue"...- $50.00
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Author:Joseph Alexander
The Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar Book Three - Beyond Pentatonics
Sometime it seems like our favourite blues guitar players simply have more notes to choose from... those notes that just make you go 'ahhhh' The truth is that they are often simply targeting the right note at exactly the right time. The Complete Guide...- $19.99
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Author:Robert Springer
Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come from: Lyrics and History
Musicians and music scholars rightly focus on the sounds of the blues and the colorful life stories of blues performers. Equally important and, until now, inadequately studied are the lyrics. The international contributors to Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come From explore this aspect...- $35.00
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Author:Scott Su
Your Personal Book of Solo Fingerstyle Blues Guitar: Fundamental, Advanced & Improvisation: (suitable for electric & acoustic guitar)
★ Great volume of 12-measure exercises, 75 demo songs, arrangements, and MP3 downloads, ...more in-depth experiences in the beauty of Blues music. ★ Various types of theme-oriented Blues trainings on melody, harmony, rhythms and fingerstyle, ...more diverse and rich Blues playing. ★ Step-by-step hands-on...- $19.99
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