Dancing in Your Head: Jazz, Blues, Rock and Beyond
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As music columnist for The Nation, Gene Santoro has established himself as an important new critical...
Rocket: The Blue River Score
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Get ready for a life of spacecrime with Rocket! It's a dirty universe out there, even when you're...
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this...
The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock
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'Jimi Hendrix was not so much an element in a Periodic Table of Heavy Rock as an entire elemental...
Can't be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
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'Can't Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a...
So You Want to Sing Rock 'n' Roll: A Guide for Professionals
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Rock 'n' roll is a style that was born out of the great American melting pot. An outgrowth of the...
Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins
Timothy J. O'Brien and David Ensminger
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In a career that took him from the cotton fields of East Texas to the concert stage at Carnegie Hall...
Love in Vain: The Life and Legend of Robert Johnson
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Robert Johnson was undoubtedly the most outstanding of the Mississippi Delta blues musicians and...
Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture
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In 2007, Ruben Molina published the first-ever history of Mexican-American soul and R&Bmusic in his...
Dylan's Autobiography of a Vocation: A Reading of the Lyrics 1965-1967
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Many critics have interpreted Bob Dylan's lyrics, especially those composed during the middle to...