"A collection of outstanding folk blues lyrics composed and sung by black Americans and sold on commercial records in American black communities during the doze

Hailed as a classic in music studies when it was first published in 1977, Early Downhome Blues is a detailed look at traditional country blues artists and their

The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues

Presents brief entries covering the history, significant artists, styles and influence of blues music.