Music-Genres & Styles-Blues

In a career that took him from the cotton fields of East Texas to the concert stage at Carnegie Hall and beyond, Lightnin' Hopkins became one of America's greatest bluesmen, renowned for songs whose topics effortlessly ranged from his African American roots to space...

"That instrument he plays - when you hear it recorded correctly or live in a room, it has a tremendous comforting resonance and a hypnotic feeling. There are all sorts of tones coming from (the guitar) and it makes me feel really good when...

Practice some colorfully meditative self-care with Jon Batiste Beautiful Adult Coloring Book. Color away the stress and start enjoying life at its fullest.Author: Liberty BondISBN-10: 864205302XISBN-13: 9798642053027Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2020Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.09d

The Ultimate Play-Along series puts the aspiring guitarist with some of the finest musicians in the world. This edition includes 12 burning blues play-along trax, a live rhythm section, demo solos by monster guitarists, complete rhythm charts, and solo transcriptions with tab.Author: Robben Ford,...

Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues depicts the life and times of harmonica player Phil Wiggins and the unique, vibrant music scene around him, as described by music journalist Frank Matheis. Featuring Wiggins's story, but including information on many musicians, the volume presents...

The electrifying sounds of groovin' jump blues, Southern-fried rock 'n' roll, fervent black gospel, and the simmering sounds of the Louisiana swamp came bursting out of Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1950s courtesy of Excello Records and its sister Nashboro label.Operating out of Ernie's...

Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father's band at an early age....

While many publications claim to have captured the phenomenon that was "swinging London," only one magazine was present to illustrate this extraordinary moment as it unraveled. London Life magazine emerged in October 1965, and over the next fifteen months would document the capital's action...

We all have the same 12 notes.... It's how and when we play them that sets the masters apart from the amateurs. We all know it's important to learn the licks and vocabulary of the musicians who we wish to emulate, but in order...

This is a completely new, revised, updated and expanded book: Sounds From the 60s - takes you behind the scenes with the stars of rock n' roll, pop, blues and jazz at two of the top Northern UK clubs, Club 60 & The Esquire,...

MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD: IF YOU LOVE THESE BLUES AN ORAL HISTORYAuthor: Jan Mark WolkinISBN-10: 1480394645ISBN-13: 9781480394643Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2014Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William "Big Bill" Broonzy (1893-1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre, from its roots in the rural Mississippi River Delta, through its rise as a popular genre in the North, to its eventual international...

Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William "Big Bill" Broonzy (1893-1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre, from its roots in the rural Mississippi River Delta, through its rise as a popular genre in the North, to its eventual international...

Piano Major Blues: Playing Major Blues Scales & Songs on the Piano for Moderate Level Pianists is a book to teach how to play the major blues on the piano. The major blues scales are shown in all 12 keys, each in the following...

In Who Did It First?: Great Pop Cover Songs and Their Original Artists, the second volume in Bob Leszczak's exciting Who Did It First? series, readers explore the hidden history of the most famous, indeed legendary, pop songs and standards. As Leszczak points out,...

(Blues Play-Along). For use with all C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments, the Hal Leonard Blues Play-Along Series is the ultimate jamming tool for all blues musicians. With easy-to-read lead sheets, and other split-track choices on the inlcuded CD, these first-of-a-kind packages will...

"Josh Alan Friedman has chops like a wolf. The French had a phrase for his tropism for the seedy, the gutter, the outcasts: nostalgie de la boue. This book deserves wide attention." --Jerry Wexler, co-founder of Atlantic Records "A can't-put-it-down rock 'n' roll read...

Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr., known artistically as Chicago Beau, was raised in an environment rooted in blues, literature, law, and travel. An unlikely circumstance provided by his Great Migration, agrarian background parents. He is a musician, writer, publisher, and adventurer. He has published several...

(Music Sales America). The ability to improvise and create variations within a song is the essence of the guitar work of the great traditional acoustic blues guitarists such as Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Rev. Gary Davis, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. By...

Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. The press even described these women as "actresses"...

(Easy Guitar). Easy arrangements in notes & TAB for 16 songs, plus guitar solos. Includes: Cold Shot * Couldn't Stand the Weather * Crossfire * Love Struck Baby * Pride & Joy * The Sky Is Crying * Texas Flood * You'll Be Mine...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music of one of the greatest acoustic bluesmen of all time with this fascinating book/audio pack. Blues expert Dave Rubin provides an introduction on Johnson's place in musical history, and extensive notes on his tunings, arrangements, fingerstyle technique and...

This children's book depicts the musical story of Gertrude "Ma Rainey" Pridgett (1886-1939), one of the earliest African American blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record in the 20th century. As illustrator and writer of this children's book,...

This book combines three influential and much-quoted books Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues, updated with additional new essays, which collectively confront the problem of how, when and from where the blues emerged and developed. It emphasizes the significance of...

From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists play significant roles in twentieth-century culture. This overview of these genres provides an expression of the twentieth-century black American experience. Histories are questioned; songs and lyrical imagery are...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Author: Elijah WaldISBN-10: 0415942047ISBN-13: 9780415942041Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2002Pages: 374Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 8.60h x 6.68w x 0.83d

In this jaunty and intimate collection, Kevin Young invents a language as shimmying and comic, as low-down and high-hearted, as the music from which he draws inspiration. With titles such as "Stride Piano," "Gutbucket," and "Can-Can," these poems have the sharp completeness of vocalized...

In Sonic Virtuality: Sound as Emergent Perception, authors Mark Grimshaw and Tom Garner introduce a novel theory that positions sound within a framework of virtuality. Arguing against the acoustic or standard definition of sound as a sound wave, the book builds a case for...

Georg Philipp Telemann gave us one of the richest legacies of instrumental music from the eighteenth century. Though considered a definitive contribution to the genre during his lifetime, his concertos, sonatas, and suites were then virtually ignored for nearly two centuries following his death....

Charles Keil examines the expressive role of blues bands and performers and stresses the intense interaction between performer and audience. Profiling bluesmen Bobby Bland and B. B. King, Keil argues that they are symbols for the black community, embodying important attitudes and roles--success, strong...

Who was the greatest of all American guitarists? You probably didn't name Gary Davis, but many of his musical contemporaries considered him without peer. Bob Dylan called Davis "one of the wizards of modern music." Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead--who took lessons with...

Big Joe Turner was the greatest of the blues shouters. For more than five decades, from Kansas City saloons to Carnegie Hall, through the swing era, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music, Joe Turner sang, never wavering. Small bands, big bands,...

In Getting the Blues, Stephen Nichols shows how blues music offers powerful insight into the biblical narrative and the life of Jesus. Weaving Bible stories together with intriguing details of the lives of blues musicians, he leads readers in a vivid exploration of how...

Big Joe Turner was the greatest of the blues shouters. For more than five decades, from Kansas City saloons to Carnegie Hall, through the swing era, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music, Joe Turner sang, never wavering. Small bands, big bands,...

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 blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates...

Many listeners first heard "Hound Dog" when Elvis Presley's single topped the pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. But some fans already knew the song from Big Mama Thornton's earlier recording, a giant but exclusively R&B hit. In Hound Dog Eric Weisbard examines...

With its easy-to-use alphabetical format, accurate and hard-to-find information and plenty of rare photos, this is an essential reference for deejays, collectors, and music historians.Author: Mitch RosalskyISBN-10: 081084592XISBN-13: 9780810845923Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2002Pages: 736Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 8.17h x 5.28w x 1.49d

How to go from total newbie to doing improvised guitar licks, no musical talent needed Is learning to play guitar still on your bucket list despite years of failed attempts to start? Has your guitar been gathering dust from decades of being unused? Perhaps...

Born into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmie Rodgers established themselves among the most influential musicians of their era. In Tune tells the story of the parallel careers of these two pioneering recording artists -- one...

(Music Sales America). An ideal reference guide to playing the blues for all guitarists. Full instruction on blues theory, chords, rhythm, scales, advanced solo technique, beginnings and endings, riff construction and more. Includes play-along audio with 12 jam tracks. Audio is accessed online using...

"Gary Moore is definitely in my list of top five guitar influences, right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Michael Schenker. He just blew me away from the first time I heard him." Kirk Hammett"The most powerful, genuine,...

(String Letter Publishing). Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of blues songs. Bring these songs to life by listening to the recordings online, which feature short versions of each piece, played slowly and up to tempo. Includes full guitar...

At the height of the blues revival, Marina Bokelman and David Evans, young graduate students from California, made two trips to Louisiana and Mississippi and short trips in their home state to do fieldwork for their studies at UCLA. While there, they made recordings...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). British singer/songwriter Emeli Sande splashed onto the scene with this solo debut album in 2012. Our songbook features all 15 songs, plus a bonus song "Read All About It" which she performed at the closing ceremonies to the 2012 Olympic Games...

(Music Sales America). This exciting series of instrumental instruction books includes complete music plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. The accompanying CDs allow you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. These user-friendly book/CD packs provide riffs, licks, chords & tricks...

Improvising Boogie-Woogie Volume.3(Includes Downloadable audio)The third volume in a series of three comprehensive books to teach boogie-woogie piano.From the basics to more advanced techniques and everything in-between, this will give you the help and material you need.Everything will be covered, from the simplest left-hand...

Improvising Boogie-Woogie Volume.2(Includes Downloadable audio)The second volume in a series of three comprehensive books to teach boogie-woogie piano.From the basics to more advanced techniques and everything in-between, this will give you the help and material you need.Everything will be covered, from the simplest left-hand...

Improvising Boogie-Woogie Volume.1(Includes Downloadable audio)The first volume in a series of three comprehensive books to teach boogie-woogie piano.From the basics to more advanced techniques and everything in-between, this will give you the help and material you need.Everything will be covered, from the simplest left-hand...

Patrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the language, just like there is a beat in a blues song. This...

(Music Sales America). A comprehensive guide to electric blues guitar playing, this fast-paced method covers all aspects of modern and traditional electric blues guitar. It contains over 90 musical examples in standard music notation and tablature, along with playing and performance tips. The full-length...