
Listen to the Blues!
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Unlike other books on the blues, which tend to focus on musician biographies, Listen to the Blues! devotes time to the compositions, recordings, and musical legacies of blues musicians from the early 20th century to the present. Although the author references musical structure, harmony, form, and other musical concepts, the volume avoids technical language; therefore, it is a volume that should be of interest to the casual blues fan, to students of blues music and its history, and to more serious blues fans. The chapters on the impact of the blues on popular culture and the legacy of the blues also put the genre in a broader historical context than what is found in many books on the blues.
The book opens with a background chapter that provides an overview of the history and structure of blues music. A substantial, encyclopedic chapter that focuses on 50 must-hear blues musicians follows, as does a chapter that explores the impact on popular culture of blues music and musicians and a chapter that focuses on the legacy of the genre. A bibliography rounds out the work.
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Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Background
2 Must-Hear Music
Blues Rock
Big Bill Broonzy
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Albert Collins
Robert Cray
"Cross Road Blues"
Willie Dixon
The Early 1960s' London Blues Scene
"Folsom Prison Blues"
Gospel Music and the Blues
Guitar Slim and "The Things I Used to Do"
Buddy Guy
Hokum Blues and Ragtime Songs
John Lee Hooker
Lightnin' Hopkins
Son House
Howlin' Wolf
Instrumental Blues on the Pop Charts: Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Ventures
Elmore James
Etta James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Robert Johnson
Louis Jordan and Jump Blues
Keb' Mo' and the Late-20th-Century Resurgence of the Blues
Albert King
B.B. King: Live at the Regal
Freddie King
Lead Belly
J.B. Lenoir and the Blues as a Political Statement
Little Walter
Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Jazz, and the Blues
Muddy Waters
Charley Patton
Ma Rainey
Jimmy Reed
Rockabilly and Early Rock and Roll
Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and the Country Connection to the Blues
Seasick Steve and the Legacy of the Homemade Guitar
Slim Harpo
Bessie Smith
Otis Spann
"Sweet Home Chicago"
Taj Mahal
T-Bone Walker
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Junior Wells
Josh White
Big Joe Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson II
3 Impact on Popular Culture
4 Legacy
Bibliography
Index
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