Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar

by Jas Obrecht

Book Overview

Winner of the 2016 Living Blues Award for Blues Book of the Year Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. Like the best music documentaries, Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar interweaves musical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081669804X
• ISBN13: 9780816698042
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.1"