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The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends
The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music
By Pete Prown
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Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and blues fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume includes over 150 of the genre’s greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present. From blues pioneers like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie to today’s hottest guitar slingers such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish, The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made blues a cornerstone of American culture and the very foundation of rock and roll. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by blues-defining eras and subgenres, including: early acoustic and country blues, Chicago blues, the British Invasion, blues rock, and more. Prown’s knowledgeable discussions examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players’ first-person revelations and insights. Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book also features sidebars on influencers who were pioneers of various styles and subgenres, techniques like slide guitar, blues jargon, and influential women who helped shape the blues. Guitarists profiled include: Robert Johnson Son House T-Bone Walker Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Lightnin’ Hopkins B. B. King Freddie King Albert King Albert Collins Otis Rush Buddy Guy John Lee Hooker Mississippi John Hurt Muddy Waters Howlin’ Wolf Brian Jones Keith Richards Michael Bloomfield Eric Clapton Jimi Hendrix Peter Green Jeff Beck Jimmy Page Mick Taylor Alvin Lee Duane Allman Dickey Betts Johnny Winter Roy Buchanan Carlos Santana Billy F Gibbons Rory Gallagher Lowell George Robin Trower Stevie Ray Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan Robert Cray Bonnie Raitt Gary Moore Kenny Wayne Shepherd Jonny Lang Sonny Landreth Warren Haynes Derek Trucks Joe Bonamassa Gary Clark Jr. Christone Ingram
Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and blues fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume includes over 150 of the genre’s greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present.
From blues pioneers like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie to today’s hottest guitar slingers such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish, The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made blues a cornerstone of American culture and the very foundation of rock and roll. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by blues-defining eras and subgenres, including: early acoustic and country blues, Chicago blues, the British Invasion, blues rock, and more.
Prown’s knowledgeable discussions examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players’ first-person revelations and insights.
Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book also features sidebars on influencers who were pioneers of various styles and subgenres, techniques like slide guitar, blues jargon, and influential women who helped shape the blues.
Guitarists profiled include:
Robert Johnson
Son House
T-Bone Walker
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Lightnin’ Hopkins
B. B. King
Freddie King
Albert King
Albert Collins
Otis Rush
Buddy Guy
John Lee Hooker
Mississippi John Hurt
Muddy Waters
Howlin’ Wolf
Brian Jones
Keith Richards
Michael Bloomfield
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Peter Green
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Mick Taylor
Alvin Lee
Duane Allman
Dickey Betts
Johnny Winter
Roy Buchanan
Carlos Santana
Billy F Gibbons
Rory Gallagher
Lowell George
Robin Trower
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
Robert Cray
Bonnie Raitt
Gary Moore
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Jonny Lang
Sonny Landreth
Warren Haynes
Derek Trucks
Joe Bonamassa
Gary Clark Jr.
Christone Ingram