The bluesman: the musical heritage of black men and women in the Americas

By Julio Finn

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0704325233
• ISBN13: 9780704325234
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Quartet Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not your ordinary Blues history book

This Book takes you all the way back to the beginning; the real roots of the blues that is in the african culture which later became known as the"hoodoo" culture in America. This book explains the development of the Blues style,including related african instruments,vocal styles & songwriting. Also explains the connection between early blues music & the black church: A detailed,but fascinating read!!!