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TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHED | PAGES |
|---|---|---|---|
African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms | John Miller Chernoff | 1979 | 172 |
Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive | Dick
Waterman | 2003 | 176 |
Beyond The Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition | Adam Gussow | 2017 | 322 |
Big Road Blues: Tradition & Creativity in the Folk Blues | David Evans | 1982 | 176 |
Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music | Hettie Jones | 1974 | 129 |
Black Music | LeRoi Jones | 1969 | 211 |
Black Swan Blues: The Hard Rise & Brutal Fall of America’s First Black-owned Record Label | Paul Slade | 2021 (expanded edition) | 159 |
Blues & The Soul of Man | Nehemiah "Skip" James | 2019 | 99 |
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King | B. B. King with David Ritz | 1996 | 313 |
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith and
Billie Holiday | Angela Y. Davis | 1998 | 197 pages plus 158 pages of lyrics |
Blues Legends | Charles K. Cowdery | 1995 | 94 |
Blues People: Negro Music in White America | LeRoi Jones | 1948 | 236 |
Blues: a photographic documentary | David Harrison | 1997 | 143 |
Bonnie Raitt: Just In The Nick Of Time | Mark Bego | 1995 | 202 |
Boomer Blues: The Music Of Our Youth Is Calling Us Back | Dave Rineer | 2024 | 460 |
Brother Robert: Growing Up With Robert Johnson | Annye C. Anderson with Preston Lauterbach | 2020 | 284 |
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters | Robert Gordon | 2002 | 284 |
Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories | David Whiteis | 1955 | 288 |
Children of the Blues: Musicians Shaping a New Blues Tradition | Art Tipaldi | 2002 | 312 |
Clapton: The Autobiography | Eric Clapton | 2007 | 218 |
Crossroads: The Multicultural Roots of America's Popular Music | Elizabeth F. Barkley | 2003 | 291 |
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta | Robert Palmer | 1981 | 277 |
Dick Waterman: A Life In Blues | Tammy L. Turner | 2019 | 216 |
Dylan | Jonathon Cott | 1984 | 240 |
Escaping The Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues | Elijah Ward | 2004 | 276 |
Father of the Blues: An Autobiography | W.C. Handy | 1941 | 304 |
Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas And Memphis Soul | Mathew Ruddick | 2023 | 289 |
Gibson: Volume 1 | Andre’ Duchossoir | 1981 | 166 |
His Eye is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography | Ethel Waters with Charles Samuels | 1951 | 278 |
I Ain't Studdin' Ya: My American Blues Story | Bobby Rush with Herb Powell | 2021 | 280 |
I Am The Blues: The Willie Dixon Story | Willie Dixon with Don Snowden | 1989 | 229 |
I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy | Bob Riesman | 2011 | 255 |
Janis | David Dalton | 1971 | 154 |
Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs & Hidden Histories | Elijah Wald | 2024 | 271 |
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker | Stanley Crouch | 2013 | 334 |
King Of The Blues: The Rise And Reign Of B. B. King | Daniel de Vise | 2021 | 420 |
Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues | Alan Govenar | 2010 | 236 |
Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words | Louis Armstrong | 1999 | 190 |
Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues | Jan Mark Wolkin, Bill Keenom | 2000 | 251 |
Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf | James Segrest and Mark Hoffman (2004) | 2004 | 323 |
Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man | Sandra B. Tooze | 1997 | 299 |
Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman | Galadrielle Allman | 2014 | 344 |
Roots Music In America: Collected Writings of Joe Wilson | Edited by Fred Bartenstein | 2017 | 272 |
Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Gayle F. Wald | 2007 | 219 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught In The Crossfire | Joe Nick Patoski and Bill Crawford | 1993 | 271 |
Survivor: The Benny Turner Story | Bill Dahl and Benny Turner | 2017 | 229 |
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom | Peter Guralnick | 1986 | 405 |
Taj Mahal: Autobiography of a Bluesman | Taj Mahal with Stephen Foehr | 2001 | 280 |
Texas Flood The inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan | Alan Paul, Andy Aledort | 2019 | 251 |
The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia | Robert Santelli | 1993 | 476 |
The Blues from Robert Johnson To Robert Cray | Tony Russell | 1997 | 222 |
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction | Elijah Wald | 2010 | 123 |
The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia Jazz & Blues | General Editor Julia Rolf | 2007 | 441 |
The Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues | Keith Shadwick | 2001 | 701 pages |
The History of Blues | |||
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly | Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell | 1999 | 266 |
The Midnight Special: The Legend of Leadbelly | Richard M. Garvin and
Edmond G. Addeo | 1971 | 312 |
The Rough Guide to The Blues | Nigel Williamson | 2007 | 382 |
The Ultimate Guitar Book | Tony Bacon | 1991 | 187 |
Well of Souls: Uncovering The Banjo's Hidden History | Kristina R. Gaddy | 2022 | 229 |
Whose Blues? Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music | Adam Gussow | 2020 | 276 |
Willie DIxon: Preacher of the Blues | Mitsutoshi Inaba | 2011 | 302 |
Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie’s Blues | Paul and Beth Garon | 1992 | 255 |
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