Charting the history of the blues from its rural rootsin the American South, and focusing on the keymusicians and singers who brought it recognitionworldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and fullyillustrated account of the development of the blues. Thisdeceptively simple, 12-bar musical form has become thecommon denominator that has driven the popular music ofthe last hundred years. As John Lee Hooker put it: “The musicwe play . . . that music is the roots. Rock music, everything else,is like a branch on the same tree. It all comes from the Blues.”Titel: The BluesISBN: 9780764359750Bandtyp: InbundenSpråk: Engelska