The Blues Makers: Containing Reprints of Two Titles : The Bluesmen and Sweet As the Showers of Rain (Da Capo Paperback)

By Samuel Charters

Book Overview

Samuel Charters has long been considered a leading authority on the blues, and here he explores the personal, social, and musical backgrounds of the great blues makers. Charters proceeds from Mississippi, through Alabama and Texas, Memphis and Atlanta, to the Atlantic Coast and the Carolinas, stopping on the way to examine the music and lives of native blues makers. This book is simply one of the most remarkable books ever written on the blues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306804387
• ISBN13: 9780306804380
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"