The Rough Guide to the BluesThe Rough Guide to Blues gives you the complete lowdown on all the grittiest singers, bottleneck guitarists, belt-it-out divas and wailing harmonica players that made the most influential music of the last century. From music legend B.B. King to folk hero Robert Johnson, the guide includes detailed profiles of hundreds of artists and critical reviews of their best albums. The fascinating story is told in full - how the blues crawled from the Mississippi Delta, went electric in the big cities, and spread across the world - with feature boxes on topics like boogie woogie, gospel and the best blues record labels. Check out the ten greatest slide-guitar tracks - or the ten most miserable "woke up this mornin"s. with the handy playlists that help you to pick'n'choose quick "best ofs" to download to your iPod or MP3 player. |
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... Little Walter , Sonny Boy Williamson II and Big Walter - and who turned seventy himself in 2006 . Charismatic he most certainly was , but part of his success was also down to the stellar group around him , including Otis Spann on piano ...
... Little Walter , Sonny Boy Williamson II and Big Walter - and who turned seventy himself in 2006 . Charismatic he most certainly was , but part of his success was also down to the stellar group around him , including Otis Spann on piano ...
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... Little Walter were working back in Chicago , and Cotton was asked to depu- tize . With Phillips and Sun Records now obsessed with the new sound of rock'n'roll rather than blues , Cotton took little persuading to accom- pany Waters back ...
... Little Walter were working back in Chicago , and Cotton was asked to depu- tize . With Phillips and Sun Records now obsessed with the new sound of rock'n'roll rather than blues , Cotton took little persuading to accom- pany Waters back ...
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Nigel Williamson. Little Walter The steady rolling man : Robert Lockwood Jr. Little Walter b Marksville , Louisiana , May 1 , 1930 ; d Feb 15 , 1968 W ith his peerless playing with Muddy Waters , Little Walter defined the sound of the ...
Nigel Williamson. Little Walter The steady rolling man : Robert Lockwood Jr. Little Walter b Marksville , Louisiana , May 1 , 1930 ; d Feb 15 , 1968 W ith his peerless playing with Muddy Waters , Little Walter defined the sound of the ...
Contents
Rags jazz the blues | 16 |
Depression blues | 34 |
the blues had a baby they called it rocknroll | 50 |
Copyright | |
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