432 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 29 cm
Contents:
Workin' on the building : roots and influences / Samuel Charters Goin' up the country : blues in Texas and the deep South / David Evans Country girls, classic blues, and vaudeville voices : women and the blues / Richard K. Spottswood Holy blues : the gospel tradition / Mark A. Humphrey Bright lights, big city : urban blues / Mark A. Humphrey Truckin' my blues away : East Coast Piedmont styles / Bruce Bastin A lighter shade of blue : white country blues / Charles Wolfe Don't leave me here : non-commercial blues : the field trips, 1924-60 / John H. Cowley Jump steady : the roots of R&B / Barry Pearson I once was lost, but now I'm found : the blues revival of the 1960s / Jim O'Neal Standing at the crossroads : the blues today / Mary Katherine Aldin
