All Music Guide to the Blues

by Erlewine, Michael; Woodstra, Chris; Koda, Cub; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780879305482
• ISBN10: 0879305487
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Backbeat Books

Summary

Expanded to profile hundreds more artists and recordings, this crucial guide reviews and rates over 3,500 classic blues recordings. 30 charts.

Table of Contents

How to Use this Book	iv	(1)
Foreword	v	(3)
Styles	viii	(1)
Introduction	ix
Biographies and Reviews	1	(522)
A	1	(19)
B	20	(53)
C	73	(37)
D	110	(22)
E	132	(7)
F	139	(15)
G	154	(14)
H	168	(45)
J	213	(27)
K	240	(18)
L	258	(30)
M	288	(44)
N	332	(7)
O	339	(4)
P	343	(19)
R	362	(24)
S	386	(36)
T	422	(24)
V	446	(5)
W	451	(43)
Y	494	(6)
Z	500	(3)
Various Artists	503	(20)
The Blues in Jazz	523	(60)
Blues and Groove in Jazz	523	(5)
Blues in Jazz	528	(55)
Blues Styles	583	(29)
The Roots of the Blues	583	(1)
Jug Bands	584	(1)
Delta Blues	585	(1)
Piedmont Blues	586	(1)
Lester Melrose & Early Chicago Blues	587	(1)
Classic Women Blues Singers	588	(1)
Jump Blues	589	(2)
Louisiana Blues	591	(1)
Harmonica Blues	592	(1)
Memphis Blues	593	(3)
Piano Blues	596	(1)
Songsters	597	(1)
West Coast Blues	598	(1)
Chicago Blues	599	(1)
Texas Electric Blues	600	(1)
Blues Slide Guitar	601	(2)
Jazz-Blues Crossover	603	(1)
Soul Blues	604	(1)
Blues Rediscoveries	605	(1)
British Blues	606	(1)
Blues Rock	607	(2)
Modern Acoustic Blues	609	(1)
Modern Electric Blues	610	(2)
Blues Labels	612	(7)
Independent Blues Labels: The 1940s and 1950s	612	(2)
Sun Records-The Blues Years	614	(1)
Chess Records	615	(2)
Independent Blues Labels: 1960s to the Present	617	(2)
Other Blues Essays	619	(18)
The Blues as Folklore	619	(1)
The Blues Revival	620	(2)
The Blues Box Set	622	(1)
Blues Reissues	622	(2)
The Blues on Film	624	(1)
Focus on the Blues Harmonica	624	(5)
Focus on the Slide Guitar	629	(6)
Gospel	635	(2)
Resources and References	637
Books	637	(4)
Magazines	641	(1)
All Music Guide Web Site	642	(1)
Index	643