Blues: The Essential Album Guide

by Music Hound, Al Kooper

The MusicHound Essential Album Guide series is comprised of genrespecific reference books perfect for serious enthusiasts as well as those who want to start a quality music collection.Each guide is broken down by artist and provides biographical information with a comprehensive list of recordings. Specific albums are reviewed and suggested for purchase along with a list of rarities.Each book comes complete with photos, a CD sampler and an extensive resource index listing related books, magazines, radio stations and websites, Truly a wealth of information laid out in a cohesive format at a fantastic price.You'll discover reviews and ratings for the work of 570 blues groups and individual artists, from Robert Johnson to Kenny Wayne Shepherd and from Bessie Smith to Gillian Welch and Marcia Ball. MusicHound Blues covers acoustic, electric, and jump blues and represents the distinctive sounds of Mississippi, East Texas, Chicago, New Orleans, and the West Coast.

Genres: Music

512 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always been a big fan of the blues and am always looking to add music to my collection. This is a guide to the blues and helps select which CD's are worth buying so you can get the good ones and forget the bad ones. Like all "guides" they go out of date after a number of years as new artists come along... J want to get me a new copy for Christmas?