Jas Obrecht

Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar

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Produktbeschreibung

Jas Obrecht is an award-winning music journalist and former editor of Guitar Player magazine. He has written for Rolling Stone, Living Blues, Blues Revue, and many other publications. His books include Rollin' and Tumblin’: The Postwar Blues Guitarists and Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780816698042
• ISBN-10: 081669804X
• Artikelnr.: 42648826

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
Sylvester Weaver: The First Blues Guitarist on Record
Papa Charlie Jackson: Six-String Stylist, Flat-Picking Pioneer
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Popular from Coast to Coast
Blind Blake: King of Ragtime Blues Guitar
Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta’s 12-String King
Blind Willie Johnson: Sublime Gospel Blues
Lonnie Johnson: The Era’s Most Influential Blues Guitarist
Mississippi John Hurt: Songster and Bluesman
Tampa Red: “The Guitar Wizard”
Notes
Index