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Title: Blues for Dummies by Lonnie Brooks, Cub Koda, Wayne Baker Brooks, Dan Aykroyd ISBN: 0-7645-5080-2 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 30 July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: enthusiastic comprehensive coverage of blues music
Comment: I, too, was put off by the "Dummies" word.
I should not have been. The book is a comprehensive, knowlegable and enthusiastic coverage of blues - the artists [today's and yesterday's], where to find the blues, recordings. Everyone - from newcomer to experienced blues musician will find interesting and insightful information here. (The authors are themselves accomplished blues players).
I have only two very minor quibbles:
- The title could be considered a mite misleading. Although it does include advice on guitars, amps and harmonicas it does not tell you how to start to PLAY the blues. It does tell you how to put a band together but, if you are ready to do that, you are definitely past the "Dummy" stage.
- There is a nice CD included, but...
One track is credited as "Walkin the boogie" by John Lee Hooker and is decribed as a re-write of his "Boogie Chillen". To me it sounds nothing like John Lee's hit (which I bought, as a kid, in France in 1960). The track sounds to me to be nothing other than Champion Jack Dupree's "Walkin the Blues".
Also, the CD's version of Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters is a quietened-down (though very nice) version compared with the livelier version that most people are probably familiar with.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's got it all
Comment: I always wanted to learn about the blues but never knew where to start, what records to buy. Some blues records that I heard I really liked, but others I didn't, and I was never sure whether it was the artist, or the song, or the blues themselves that I liked. This book explains all the different kinds of blues music, and it introduces all the artists. I found out a lot about the ones I already liked, got tips on who else I'd probably like (the CD was a big help), and also a complete overview of the history and development of the blues. My roommate has been trying to explain the blues to me for the last year, and now I UNDERSTAND! Even he likes it a lot, by the way, and he knows 9000 times more about the blues than I do.
Rating: 2
Summary: Wrong CD track info......or wrong track?
Comment: This book is ok...not great....but ok for someone who is wants to cut their teeth on the blues. The main problem I have, is with the CD. Overall it's excellent except for one problem. The 10th track is listed on page 349 as Walkin' the Boogie(alternate take) by John Lee Hooker. After listening to the CD I realized they're dead wrong. The recording is Willie Dixon doing Walking the Blues. Two totally different songs with a similar name. I contacted the publisher about this omission but have not received a response or acknowledgement to date. It is a shame....because both of these artists have made significant contributions to the blues and to confuse them, seems to suggest that not enough care was taken when this book was first published.
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Title: Jazz for Dummies by Dirk Sutro, Barney Kessel ISBN: 0764550810 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: A Century of Jazz: From Blues to Bop, Swing to Hiphop - A Hundred Years of Music, Musicians, Singers and Styles by Roy Carr ISBN: 0306807785 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine ISBN: 0879307366 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Deep Blues by Robert Palmer ISBN: 0140062238 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title:His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) ASIN: B000005KQM Publisher: Mca Pub. Date: 08 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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