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Excellent reading for the true blues fan
Again guralnick overlooks beatles for sale half cover versions and please please me and with the beatles
Richs drinking problems and lonely sadness are the main focus of his essay yet rich not only cooperated with the author he ende... Read More
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If you love the music whenit was music eras of this country anything authored by guralnickare gottareads
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even if you have read every item of information on howlin wolf or charlie rich this still displays a perspective on them from a different angle
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As someone who doesnt know a lot about blues music except to run and hide when someone begins to comment on the cadential modalities of muddy waterss early chess period over cocktails i approached this book with trepidation unnecessarily
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You can understand him choosing waters howlin wolf and jerry lee lewis because they were all giant figures in the creation of these genres
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But other choices are more idiosyncratic like johnny shines described as a runofthemill blues singer by the cofounder of landmark label chess records and robert pete williams who seems to merge blues with free associative verse and would never be more than a footnote character in most histories
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Guralnick visits chess records and finds a record company about to collapse
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Dont expect a comprehensive history its more a portrait
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Unfortunately with my kindle version i could never get past chapter 5 no matter what i tried
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I like the book so much at least what i could read i bought the paperback version
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