Blues All Day Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story

by Wayne E. Goins

Book Overview

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 Records, releasing the classic singles "That's All Right" and "Walking By Myself."

In Blues All Day Long, Wayne Everett Goins mines seventy-five hours of interviews with Rogers' family,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080173
• ISBN13: 9780252080173
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"