Chicago Blues: The City and the Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306801457)

Chicago has always had a reputation as a "wide open town" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the birthplace of a distinctly urban blues-more sophisticated, cynical, and street-smart than the anguished songs of the Mississippi delta--a music called the Chicago blues. This is the history of that music and the dozens of black artists who congregated on the South and Near West Sides. Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Tampa Red, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, Eddie Taylor--all of these giants played throughout the city and created a musical style that had imitators and influence all over the world.

Author: Mike Rowe, Ronald Radano
ISBN-10: 0306801450
ISBN-13: 9780306801457
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/1981
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.40w x 0.64d