I don't know if this book is still in print,but I think you can't read a better book on the history of the blues.Great graphics and contents,pictures and social events,I know my stuff but I,m learning a lot more.
Probably the most informative blues book ever published for the majority of people out there. A lot of pictures too !.
Abundant with pics and maps, data, short bios, some discography. I'd recommend this to anyone who wanted an overview of recorded Blues history, mostly Delta Blues history, and up into Chicago Blues history.
An incredable amount of great music history!! Kudos to Mr wyman for giving us this gift!
Bill Wyman's top shelf offering is an encyclopedia of blues history - the artwork, layout, typesetting and printing makes this book a must have for any blues book collection.
You'll like this book if you love the blues and want to learn where it came from and by whom. Bill Wyman has an encyclopediac knowledge of the subject although I doubt he actually wrote the book.
This book is more than just a book about the Blues. It's also a very comprehensive, well documented, well illustrated "history", of Slavery (Not only in the U.
This is a great look at the blues history. the book is in excellent condition.
Overall, a great book that educates the reader in an entertaining, clear and down-to-earth manner. I especially appreciated the background information (for example, on slavery, segregation and the cotton trade) which puts the blues into its social and spiritual context.
A coffee table book, pure and simple, with thick, glossy pages full of photos, timelines, and charts. But the prose is the equivalent of a high school term paper--no flow to the paragraphs, themes jumbled and disorganized, little explication or analysis.
Sure this book is like an encyclopedia, but you won't find a better guide for finding obscure blues artists that otherwise would be forgotten. Most books go into familiar territory and rehash the same old information, but Bill Wyman is a serious collector who wants to share his love of the blues.
Bill Wyman - of The Rolling Stones, and The Rhythm Kings - has written a major masterpiece on the mojo music of America. This is The Blues.
I'd like to offer a counterpoint to all the glowing reviews which I have seen in the reviews section. It goes like this:I remember when video games ruled my life.
No book is without faults but warts an all this is a damn fine book for anyone remotely interested in the Blues, Music or plain Bill Wyman. The most annoying thing about this book is where it is repetitive on certain passages, but then this is the way it is written.
