Blues Music
BIC code: AVPD
See also: Music
There were 6 books found.
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Bands, Booze And Broads - Sheila Tracy - Paperback
In this study of the big bands, the author goes behind the scenes to talk to over 60 Americans who played with the most famous bands. She reveals that life was often hard and unpleasant for some while others only have warm memories.
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Dazzling Stranger - Colin Harper - Paperback
Bert Jansch is the guitarists' guitarist and songwriters' songwriter. He has been admired by stars as diverse as Bob Dylan, Johnny Marr and Jarvis Cocker. This biography follows his career from his early days in Scotland to his current status.
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Feel Like Going Home: Portraits In Blues & Rock'n'roll - Peter Guralnick - Paperback
Together with 'Sweet Soul Music' and 'Lost Highway', this book completes Peter Guralnick's trilogy of seminal histories of popular American music.
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, And An Early Cry For Civil Rights - David Margolick - Pbk. + CD
This text explores the story of a song that foretold a movement, and the lady who dared to sing it. The authors chronicle its effect on those who experienced it first hand
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm And Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom - Peter Guralnick - Paperback
This volume tells the story of the birth of rhythm-and-blues. It records the rise and fall of Stax Records - who produced Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs - as well as other labels such as Atlantic.
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£17.50
Talking Swing: The British Big Bands - Sheila Tracy - Hardback
From Palace to Palais, the musicians who played in the big bands tell their own stories of an unforgettable era and bring to life the magic of the big bands in the 1930s and 1940s. Tracy recalls such greats as Ambrose, Jack Hylton and Syd Lawrence.