Synopsis
, 175 pages including index, black & white photographs throughout
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About the Author
Paul Oliver is a highly-acclaimed authority on the blues. His previous books include Blues Fell This Morning, Conversation with the Blues, Savannah Syncopators, Songsters and Saints, and The New Blackwell Guide to Recorded Blues. He lives in Oxford, England.
Review
"Encyclopedic in scope, The Story of the Blues is a bright work of scholarship. . . A profusion of well-chosen illustrations and informative captions makes it a vivid photographic essay as well as an invaluable compendium."--Arnold Shaw, New York Times Book Review
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