Charting the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American
South and focusing on the key musicians and singers who brought it
recognition worldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and
fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. This
deceptively simple, 12-bar musical form has become the common
denominator that has driven the popular music of the last hundred years.
As John Lee Hooker put it: "The music we play . . . that music is the
roots. Rock music, everything else, is like a branch on the same tree.
It all comes from the Blues."
- 350 stunning photographs and illustrations
- A wealth of archive photography
- Rare graphic memorabilia
- Foreword by Marshall Chess, veteran record producer with his family's
legendary Chicago rhythm-and-blues label, Chess Records
Author Mike Evans is a musician, editor, and author whose books include
the best-selling Elvis: A Celebration, and Ray Charles: The Birth of
Soul. Consultant editor Robert Gordon is a Grammy Award-winning writer
and filmmaker specializing in the music of the American south, and Scott
Barretta is a blues specialist writer, broadcaster, and lecturer.