Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century

by David L. Dicaire

This reference volume is intended for both the casual and the most avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced sections and covers 50 artists with names like Muddy, Gatemouth and Hound Dog who helped shape 20th-century American music. Beginning with the pioneering Mississippi Delta bluesmen, the book then follows the spread of the genre to the city, in the section on the Chicago Blues School. The third segment covers the Texas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786406062
• ISBN13: 9780786406067
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher