All music guide to the blues : the definitive guide to the blues / edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine. - 3rd edition. - San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books, 2003. - xii, 755 p. ; 24 cm. - AMG all media guide . - AMG all media guide (US). .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is an encyclopaedia of the blues. It begins with style descriptions of the various types of blues, then continues with A-Z of the artists, followed by essays on the types of blues and an index.

0879307366 (alk. paper) £16.95


Blues (Music)--Discography.
Sound recordings--Reviews.

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