
In this classic work of American music writing, renowned critic Albert Murray argues beautifully and authoritatively that "the blues as such are synonymous with low spirits. Not only is its express purpose to make people feel good, which is to say in high spirits, but in the...

This study of the blues by one of America's premier essayists and novelists will change old attitudes about a tradition that continues to feed the very heart of popular music--a blues that dances, shakes, shimmies, and exchanges bad news for stomping, rollicking, pulse-quickening...


A history of the blues and a personal view of blues musicians, past and present.



A history of the blues and a personal view of blues musicians, past and present.

A history of the blues and a personal view of blues musicians, past and present.