Jive-Talk.com: Early Blues

By Dr. A. Ebert

www.Jive-Talk.com

June 21, 2016

Obrecht_Early cover This is a solid volume on the pioneers of the blues guitar that also supplies a lot of historical background information, many promotional shots and advertisement reproductions in excellent quality. Some sixty pages here are devoted to guitar wizardLonnie Johnson alone, an artist still underestimated today.

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