{"product_id":"the-california-blues-caroline-crawford-9781965732564","title":"The California Blues: A Musical Journey from the South to the West Coast","description":"\"Blues is a feeling. It's all in what happened in my life or to someone else's life, which is the true facts and a feeling. When you've been mistreated, you're not the onliest one. Someone else in the world has been mistreated-that's the blues. It's all in your feeling and the feeling is a true part of life.\"\u003cem\u003e̶ Jimmy McCracklin\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eThe California Blues\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ B.B. King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you don't know the blues, there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing a rock and roll or any other form of popular music.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ Keith Richards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ Muddy Waters \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ Eric Clapton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ Nina Simone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e̶ John Lee Hooker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1965732569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965732564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Caroline Crawford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447024660735,"sku":"9781965732564","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36b0080e-b244-48dd-9db6-a3c29e86eb70.jpg?v=1777228319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-california-blues-caroline-crawford-9781965732564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}