Roots and Blues

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Reducere. Master Modern Blues Guitar Rhythm and Soloing - With Robben Ford Robben Ford is one of the world's most in demand modern blues guitarists. From his...

Praised as -suave, soulful, ebullient- (Tom Waits) and -a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian- (New York Times Boo...

Chasing the Blues explores the roots of the blues---the music birthed in the Mississippi Delta by African Americans who fashioned a new form of mus...

If you've ever felt the blues, sang the blues, or simply love rhythm and blues, Dr. Syleecia Thompson's tell-all book will make you appreciate this...

Reducere. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they...

Reducere. Development Drowned and Reborn is a "Blues geography" of New Orleans, one that compels readers to return to the history of the Black freedom strugg...

Reducere. When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was ``rediscovered`` by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notio...

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Settlers came to Clarksdale and Coahoma County with dreams of owning land and building a future. Some bought small plots to build a cabin and carve...

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Reducere. This masterful exploration of American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American so...

Introduces characteristic patterns such as modes, the blues scale and the minor pentatonic, and explores these on roots and in key centres commonly...

Reducere. Why did jazz go Latin? And how did blues influence rock? Find out how music has shaped the world from prehistory to the present day. Classical or r...

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Reducere. A History of Rock Music: The Rock & Roll Era is a celebration of the roots of rock & roll and its emergence as the soundtrack to teenage rebellion ...

Reducere. Though serious jazz fans certainly recognize the brilliance of guitarist Grant Green, his overall contributions to the genre were sorely underrated...

Reducere. Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces "Jimmy's" early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home t...

DescriptionIn the early twentieth century, St. Louis was a hotbed for ragtime and blues, both roots of jazz music. In 1914, Jelly Roll Morton broug...

In the early twentieth century, St. Louis was a hotbed for ragtime and blues, both roots of jazz music. In 1914, Jelly Roll Morton brought his musi...

Reducere. This new edition of Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story contains important new material: a new chapter updating the professional and personal activ...

DescriptionWe are especially grateful to artists--as examples, William Shakespeare, Vincent Van Gogh, and Johann Sebastian Bach--who resist convent...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ari KastMaster the art of stride piano playing, using the never-before explained techniques of masters like Fats Waller, Ja...

Contributor(s): Author: CainAmericana is a music that defies definition. It isn't rock, although it does encompass rock. It isn't folk, but folk is...

Reducere. Many of the architects of rock and roll in the 1950s, including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard, were Southerners who were roote...

(Instructional). Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of "Ashokan Farewell." A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of...

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Reducere. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Carol Brightman brings the Grateful Dead and their history to life in this fascinating and "cogen...

Reducere. Popular music compels, it entertains, and it has the power to attract and move audiences. With that in mind, the editors of Indigenous Pop showcase...

Reducere. The life and music of the Malian music legend are examined through the eyes of those who knew him best. Compiled from both interviews and first han...

Reducere. Experience a city with Rust Belt roots and a vibrant, creative spirit with Moon Cleveland. Inside you'll find: Explore the City: Navigate by neighb...

DescriptionAgainst a backdrop of social unrest and protests The Rolling Stones entered 1969 as a successful blues band that had experimented with p...

Reducere. Discover The Secrets of Rockabilly GuitarDiscover 100 Licks to Supercharge your Rockabilly Guitar PlayingStruggling to master the authentic Rockabi...

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If you want a better understanding of what happened in the wake of George Floyd's unnecessary death, take a look at Deborah Turner's unflinching de...

Many books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments... but few have touched on why. This book ...

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Reducere. This book is a love letter to the artists, scenes, and sounds defining North Carolina's extraordinary contributions to American popular music. Davi...

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Reducere. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title In the late 1960s, with popular culture hurtling forward on the sounds of rock music, some brave mus...

Reducere. Rory Gallagher, Steve Marriott, Rick Derringer and Robin Trower are guitar legends. The glue behind legendary barn-busting, hard-touring outfits li...

Reducere. The seventies are over. All across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together--and getting older. The once-tig...

Reducere. Now in paperback with new material, a memoir by John Oates of Hall & Oates, the most successful musical duo of all time.John Oates was born at the ...

Reducere. A dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm--the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band. He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight, ...

Reducere. A dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm--the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band. He sang the anthems of a generation: The Weight, U...

As UK government legislation, standardised music and bad drugs forced the euphoria of the rave into the darkness, a new underground movement emerge...

Reducere. It was in a Nazi prison camp during World War II that 22-year-old Hans Rookmaaker read the Bible and became a Christian. It was there too he receiv...

Reducere. Released in 1995, Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" was unlike anything heard before in popular music. Protest songs had long been part of the heritag...

Reducere. Keith Toney is entertainingly funny and finally coming down to earth. With a long history of schizophrenic episodes, the sharing of many laughs, an...