All Music Guide to the Blues

Fully updated to reflect today's revitalized blues world, this guide is any blues fan's lifeline to the best blues past and present. It reviews and rates 7, 000 recordings in all major styles across the blues map -- from Delta blues to Louisiana, Memphis, Chicago, Texas, and beyond; from classic female singers to jump blues, blues slide guitar, blues in jazz, soul blues, blues-rock, modern acoustic and electric blues, and more. This fun and easy-to-use guide also profiles 1, 000 blues artists; offers incisive essays on the music's evolution, styles, and labels; covers the latest new releases, notable reissues and compilations, and charts the development of key styles through their most influential players in handy music maps. Easily the best blues guide ...a real winner. -- Real Blues Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.