Jive-Talk.com: Early Blues

The early blues guitar legends Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red, Sylvester Weaver, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie McTell, Lonnie Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson are the subject of this excellently researched book that will delight blues fans.

Obrecht_Early coverThis 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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Published in: www.Jive-Talk.com
By: Dr. A. Ebert