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The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by Rj Smith Publisher Comments The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time Playing 350 shows a year at his peak, with more than forty... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover 
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When I Left Home by Buddy Guy Publisher Comments The autobiography of blues legend Buddy Guy, coauthored by bestselling collaborator David... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $23.07 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Blues (American Popular Music) by Dick Weissman Publisher Comments Born out of the field hollers, work songs, and spirituals sung by African-American slaves and tenant farmers, blues music often speaks of oppression, sadness, and love--topics that transcend racial and ethnic boundaries. American Popular Music: Blues, in... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression (Music in American Life) by Rich Remsberg Publisher Comments Showcasing American music and music making during the Great Depression, Hard Luck Blues presents more than two hundred photographs created by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration photography program. With an appreciation for the amateur and the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $21.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues by Paul Oliver Publisher Comments In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Sweet Soul Music (99 Edition) by Peter Guralnick Publisher Comments SWEET SOUL MUSIC profiles the legendary artists--among them Sam Cook, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues. "The best history of '60s soul music. . . . Sooner or later, it is going to be... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Delta Blues (09 Edition) by Ted Gioia Publisher Comments In this "expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history" (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us "the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read" (Publishers Weekly... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Story of the Blues ((Rev)97 Edition) by Paul Oliver Publisher Comments Now available in an updated edition, Paul Oliver's classic history of the blues is widely recognized as the definitive work on the subject.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Escaping the Delta : Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues (04 Edition) by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Road to Robert Johnson: The Genesis and Evolution of Blues in the Delta from the Late 1800s Through 1938 by Edward Komara Publisher Comments This highly anticipated book traces the development of the legendary Robert Johnson's music in light of the people and songs that directly and indirectly influenced him. It includes much information about life in the Delta from the late 1800s to Johnson... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell by Michael Gray Publisher Comments Evoking the turbulent past of the subject's time and place, this odyssey to rural Georgia peels back the many layers of Blind Willie McTell's compelling, occasionally shocking, but ultimately uplifting story. Portraying him as one of the most gifted... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $19.48 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Rolling and Tumbling by Jas Obrecht Publisher Comments Featuring interviews with some of the most influential blues musicians who ever lived, this guide explores the electric guitar pioneers and practitioners of Chicago and Delta blues, including such historic figures as Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House by Daniel Beaumont Publisher Comments In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Journeyman's Road: Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner's Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York by Adam Gussow Synopsis Journeyman's Road offers a bold new vision of where the blues have been in the course of the twentieth century and what they have become at the dawn of the new millennium: a world music rippling with postmodern contradictions. Author Adam Gussow brings a... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music by Dunstan Prial Publisher Comments The son of a Vanderbilt heiress, John Hammond listened to jazz records with his parents' servants, went to Harlem as a teenager and became a regular in clubs where very few white faces ever appeared. Taking a little family money, Hammond went across... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews by Steve Cushing Publisher Comments This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program Blues Before Sunrise, the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R&B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World by John Szwed Publisher Comments Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses. Lomax began his career... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rockin' Out with Blues Fiddle with CD (Audio) by Julie Lyonn Lieberman Publisher Comments Covers the history of blues fiddle and presents right-and left-hand styles, backup techniques, and ways to introduce and end tunes, right- and left-hand styles.... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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In Search of the Blues by Marybeth Hamilton Publisher Comments Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight. In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the Delta... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King by B B King Publisher Comments B. B. King has the blues running through his blood. Growing up in the rural poverty of the Mississippi Delta, King first experienced the blues at nine years old, when his mother passed away. The man of the house before the end of his first decade, he... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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