‘Books about Blues’ Archives
Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues (Book)
I just returned from a trip to the U.S. gulf coast. I didn't get up to the delta blues country and I really should have. One reason I didn't was because I didn't find a good guide book despite all the great books available on the birth of the blues and [...]
Encyclopedia of the Blues (Online and Book)
Well now here is a treat! The Encyclopedia of the Blues is available online. Just click here. Now that doesn't match the experience of owning this incredible resource but man -thats cool isn't it? It looks very promising too - starting off with a picture [...]
Deep Blues (Movie)
Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads is the DVD version of a great book that I blogged about here. I'm was pretty biased towards the book. You know what they say take a book, condense it to six sentences and you have the movie. Thats not [...]
Robert Palmer – Deep Blues (Book)
For years I thought Robert Palmer the rock star and Robert Palmer the Rolling Stone magazine music critic were the same person. In my defense there were some similarities. Similar in age they both died at early ages, not that far apart. Another similarity [...]