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The Blues: A Visual History 100 Years of Music That Changed the World Mike Evans, Consulting Editors Robert Gordon & Scott Barretta Foreword by Marshall Chess ISBN: 978-0-7643-5975-0 $39.99 9 780764 359750 53999 ISBN: 978-0-7643-5975-0 $39.99 US | £36.99 GBP | $56.99 CAN HC • 272 pp. • 10" x 11 (254 x 279 mm) 350+ color & b/w images Music / Genres & Styles / Blues Music / History & Criticism Music / Individual Composer & Musician AVAILABLE: NOW A unique and fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. Featuring blues artists of every era, from pioneers like Ma Rainey, through legends such as Muddy Waters and B. B. King, to new stars like Keb’ Mo’ and Shemekia Copeland. • Fully illustrated with more than 350 stunning photographs and illustrations, including a wealth of archive photography and rare graphic memorabilia • Rare graphic memorabilia • Foreword by Marshall Chess, veteran record producer with his family’s legendary Chicago rhythm-and-blues label, Chess Records Charting the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American South and focusing on the key musicians and singers who brought it recognition worldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. This deceptively simple, 12-bar musical form has become the common denominator that has driven the popular music of the last hundred years. As John Lee Hooker put it: “The music we play . . . that music is the roots. Rock music, everything else, is like a branch on the same tree. It all comes from the blues.” Mike Evans is a musician, editor, and author whose books include the bestselling Elvis: A Celebration and Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul. Consultant editor Robert Gordon is a Grammy Award–winning writer and filmmaker specializing in the music of the American south. Scott Barretta is a blues specialist writer, broadcaster, and lecturer. 17 FEATURED TITLES: SCHIFFER MUSIC