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Hanging by Her Teeth; Bonnie Greer; Paperback
Happy Traum Teaches Blues Guitar : A Hands-On Beginner's Course in Country Blues; Harry Traum; Paperback
Harold Arlen : Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues; Edward Jablonski; Hardcover
Heart & Soul : A Celebration of Black Music Style in America, 1930-1975; Bob Merlis, Davin Seay; Hardcover
Hellhound on My Trail: The Life of Robert Johnson, Bluesman Extraordinaire; Robert Wolf; Hardcover (August 2002)
The Hero and the Blues; Albert Murray; Paperback
The History of the Blues
Francis Davis
Paperback
How to Play Country Blues Guitar; Alan Warner; Paperback
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I Am the Blues : The Willie Dixon Story; Willie Dixon, Don Snowden; Paperback
I Say Me for a Parable : The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman; Glen Alyn; Paperback
I'd Rather Be the Devil : Skip James and the Blues; Stephen Calt; Paperback
Images of the Blues; Lee Hildebrand, Lee E. Tanner; Hardcover
Improvising Blues Piano; Martan Mann; Paperback
Instant Blues; Les Horan, Layla Horan, Douglas P. Booth; Paperback
Instant Chromatic Harmonica : The Blues/Jazz Improvisation Method; David Harp; Paperback
It's Easy to Play Blues; Cyril Watters; Paperback
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James Brown : The Godfather of Soul; James Brown, Bruce Tucker; Paperback
The Jazz Cadence of American Culture; Robert G. O'Meally; Hardcover
The Jazz Cadence of American Culture; Robert G. O'Meally; Paperback
Jelly Roll : A Blues; Kevin Young; Hardcover (January 2003)
Jerry Hendrick's Essential 12-Bar Blues; Jerry Hendrick; Paperback
Joel Whitburn's Top R&B; Singles 1942-1995; Joel Whitburn; Hardcover
John Mayall : Blues Breaker; Richard Newman; Paperback
John Sebastian Teaches Blues Harmonica : A Complete Guide for Beginners; John Sebastian; Paperback
Josh White: Society Blues; Elijah Wald; Hardcover
The Joy of Boogie and Blues; Denes Agay; Paperback
The Joy of Boogie and Blues 2; Denes Agay; Paperback
The Joy of Modern Blues; Denes Agay, Frank Metis; Paperback
Juke Joint : Photographs; Birney Imes; Hardcover (December 2002)
Juke Joint : Photographs; Birney Imes; Paperback
Just My Soul Responding : Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race; Brian Ward; Hardcover
Just My Soul Responding : Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race; Brian Ward; Paperback
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The Kingdom of Zydeco; Michael Tisserand; Hardcover
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Lady Sings the Blues (With a Revised Discography); William Dufty, Billie Holiday; Paperback
The Land Where the Blues Began; Alan Lomax; Hardcover
The Land Where the Blues Began
Alan Lomax
Paperback
Last Cavalier : The Life and Times of John A. Lomax; Nolan Porterfield; Hardcover
The Leadbelly Songbook; Moses Asch, Alan Lomax (Contributor); Paperback
Learn to Play Blues; Howard Rye, Anthony Marks; Paperback
Let the Good Times Roll! A Guide to Cajun & Zydeco Music; Pat Nyhan, Brian Rollins, David Babb; Paperback
Let the Good Times Roll : The Story of Louis Jordan and His Music; John Chilton; Paperback
The Legacy of the Blues : A Glimpse into the Art and the Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen : An Informal Study; Samuel Barclay Charters; Paperback
The Library of Ragtime and Early Blues Piano; Amy Appleby; Paperback
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly; Kip Lornell, Charles K. Wolfe; Paperback
Listen to the Blues; Bruce Cook; Paperback
Little Blues Book; Brian Robertson (Editor), R. Crumb (Illustrator); Paperback
Lonely Teardrops : The Jackie Wilson Story; Tony Douglas; Hardcover
The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora; Michael Nesmith; Hardcover
Looking Up at Down : The Emergence of Blues Culture; William Barlow; Hardcover
Looking Up at Down : The Emergence of Blues Culture; William Barlow; Paperback
Lost Highway : Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians; Peter Guralnick; Paperback
Louisiana Music : A Journey from R&B; to Zydeco, Jazz to Country, Blues to Gospel, Cajun Music to Swamp Pop to Carnival Music and Beyond; Rick Koster; Paperback
Love in Vain : A Vision of Robert Johnson; Alan Greenberg, Martin Scorsese; Paperback
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Making People's Music : Moe Asch and Folkways Records; Peter David Goldsmith; Hardcover
Meeting the Blues/The Rise of the Texas Sound; Alan Govenar; Paperback
Memphis Beat : The Story of America's Musical Crucible; Larry Nager; Hardcover
The Memphis Blues Again : Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs; Ernest C. Withers (Photographer), Daniel Wolff; Hardcover
Mississippi : The Blues Today; Robert Nicholson, Logan Young (Photographer); Paperback
Mississippi Blues; Kathleen Ann Goonan; Hardcover
Mister Satan's Apprentice : A Blues Memoir; Adam Gussow; Hardcover
Modern Blues Jamtrax; Ralph Agresta; Paperback
More Blues Jamtrax; Ralph Agresta; Paperback
Mother of the Blues : A Study of Ma Rainey; Sandra R. Lieb; Paperback
Muddy Waters : The Mojo Man
Sandra Tooze
Hardcover
Music Festivals from Bach to Blues : A Traveler's Guide; Tom Clynes; Paperback
Music Makers : Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America; Tim Duffy (Editor), B.B. King (Foreword); Hardcover (December 2002)
Musichound Blues : The Essential Album Guide; Gary Graff, Leland Rucker; Paperback
Musichound R&B; : The Essential Album Guide; Gary Graff, Jim McFarlin, Joshua Freedamdu Lac; Paperback
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The Nasty Blues; Tom Ball; Paperback
The Natural Blues and Country-Western Harmonica : A Beginners Guide; Jon Gindick; Paperback
The New Blackwell Guide to Recorded Blues (Blackwell Guide Series); Paul Oliver, et al; Paperback
The New Grove Gospel Blues and Jazz : With Spirituals and Ragtime; Paul Oliver, Paperback
Nothing But the Blues : The Music and the Musicians; Lawrence Cohn (Editor); Paperback
Nothing But the Blues : 30 Postcards; Lawrence Cohn (Editor); Paperback
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101 Basic Blues Scales; Yoichi Arakawa; Paperback
Oak Anthology of Blues Guitar : Texas Blues Guitar; Stefan Grossman; Paperback
The Old Cotton Blues; Linda England; Hardcover
One Man's Blues : The Life and Music of Mose Allison; Patti Jones; Hardcover
Ornate With Smoke; Sterling Plumpp; Paperback
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Play Blues Guitar: Step One; Darryl Winston; Paperback
Playing the Bones : A Novel; Louise Redd, Michael Pietsch; Hardcover
Playing the Bones : A Novel; Louise Redd, Michael Pietsch; Paperback
The Pocket Harmonica Songbook : Over 40 Folk, Blues, & Country Favorites; David Harp; Paperback
Portrait of the Blues : America's Blues Musicians in Their Own Words; Paul Trynka, Val Wilmer (Photographer); Hardcover
Power Trio Blues (Inside the Blues Series); Dave Rubin; Paperback
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R. Crumb Draws the Blues; Robert Crumb; Paperback
Rage to Survive : The Etta James Story; Etta James, David Ritz; Paperback
Raggin' the Blues : Legendary Country, Blues, and Ragtime Musicians (Avisson Young Adult Series); Mary Wilds; Paperback
Ragtime and Early Blues Piano; Amy Appleby; Paperback
Ragtime Blues; Stefan Grossman; Paperback
Real Blues for Keyboard : Riffs, Licks & Tricks You Can Learn Today!; Jeff Hammer; Paperback
The Real Rhythm and Blues; Hugh Gregory; Paperback
Really the Blues; Stephen Green (Photographer), Mindy Giles; Paperback
Red River Blues : The Blues Tradition in the Southeast; Bruce Bastin; Paperback
Repeal of the Blues; Alan Pomerance; Paperback
Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie
Paperback
Rhino's Cruise Through the Blues; Barry Hansen; Paperback
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans; John Broyen; Paperback
Rhythm and the Blues : A Life in American Music; Jerry Wexler, David Ritz; Paperback
A Right to Sing the Blues : African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song; Jeffrey P. Melnick; Paperback
The Rise of Gospel Blues : The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church; Michael Harris; Hardcover
River of Song : A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi; Elijah Wald, John Junkerman, Theo Pelletier (Photographer); Hardcover
RL's Dream : A Novel; Walter Mosley; Hardcover
The Road to Robert Johnson : The Genesis and Evolution of Blues in the Delta from the Late 1800s Through 1938; Edward Komara; Paperback (May 2002)
Rock Mr. Blues : The Life & Music of Wynonie Harris; Tony Collins; Paperback
Rock N' Blues Harmonica : A Beginner's Guide to Jamming; Mark Zingarelli, et al; Paperback
Rollin' and Tumblin : The Postwar Blues Guitarists; Jas Obrecht (Editor); Hardcover
Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide; Rolling Stone, John Swenson; Paperback
Roosevelt's Blues : Black Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR; Guido Van Rijn; Hardcover
Roosevelt's Blues : Black Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR; Guido Van Rijn; Paperback
The Roots & Rhythm Guide to Rock; Frank Scott, Al Ennis; Paperback
The Roots of the Blues : An African Search; Samuel Barclay Charters; Paperback
The Rough Guide Blues : 100 Essential CDs; Rough Guides; Paperback
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Sassy Jazz and Slo' Draggin' Blues : Music in the Poetry of Langston Hughes; Pat E. Bonner; Hardcover
Satchmo's Blues; Alan Schroeder; Hardcover
Satchmo's Blues; Alan Schroeder; Paperback
Searching for Robert Johnson; Peter Guralnick; Paperback
Seems Like Murder Here : Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition; Adam Gussow; Paperback (December 2002)
Sitting In : Selected Writings on Jazz, Blues, and Related Topics; Hayden Carruth; Paperback
Songsters and Saints : Vocal Traditions on Race Records; Paul Oliver; Paperback
Soul Music : The Birth of a Sound in Black America; Michael Haralambos; Paperback
Soulsville U.S.A. : The Story of Stax Records; Rob Bowman; Hardcover
Spinning Blues into Gold : The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records; Nadine Cohodas; Hardcover
The Spirituals and the Blues : An Interpretation; James H. Cone; Paperback
State of the Blues; Jeff Dunas (Photographer), William Ferris; Hardcover
Steppin' on the Blues : The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance; Jacqui Malone; Paperback
Stevie Ray : Soul to Soul; Keri Leigh; Paperback
Stevie Ray Vaughan : Caught in the Crossfire; Joe Nick Patoski, Bill Crawford; Paperback
Stomping the Blues
Albert Murray
Paperback
The Story of the Blues; Paul Oliver; Hardcover
The Story of the Blues; Paul Oliver; Paperback
The Story of the Blues; Peter O. E. Bekker; Hardcover
The Story of Chess Records; John Collis; Paperback
Strange Fruit : Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights; David Margolick, Cassandra Wilson; Hardcover
Swamp Pop : Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues; Shane K. Bernard; Hardcover
Swamp Pop : Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues; Shane K. Bernard; Paperback
Sweet Soul Music : Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom; Peter Guralnick; Paperback
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12-Bar Blues Piano : Riffs, Licks & Tricks You Can Learn Today!; Jack Long; Paperback
Taj Mahal; Taj Mahal, Stephen Foehr; Hardcover
This House on Fire : The Story of the Blues; Craig Awmiller; School & Library Binding
This House on Fire : The Story of the Blues; Craig Awmiller; Paperback
Tiny's Hat; Ann Grifalconi; Library Binding
Tiny's Hat; Ann Grifalconi; Hardcover
The Tombstone Tourist : Musicians; Scott Stanton; Paperback
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An Understandable Guide to Music Theory : The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians; Chaz Bufe; Paperback
Ultimate Guitar Blues Play-Along; R. Ford; Paperback
Up from the Cradle of Jazz : New Orleans Music Since World War II; Jason Berry, et al; Paperback
Upside Your Head! : Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue; Johnny Otis; Hardcover
Upside Your Head! : Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue; Johnny Otis; Paperback
Urban Blues; Charles Keil; Paperback
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The Very Best of John Lee Hooker : Eighteen Note-For-Note Transcriptions; Richard Devinck; Paperback
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues; Colin Larkin; Paperback
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B; and Soul; Colin Larkin; Paperback
Virginia Piedmont Blues : The Lives and Art of Two Virginia Bluesmen; Barry Lee Pearson; Paperback
Virginia's Blues, Country, & Gospel Records 1902-1943 : An Annotated Discography; Kip Lornell; Hardcover
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Wake Up Dead Man : Hard Labor and Southern Blues; Bruce Jackson (Editor); Paperback
Wash-Basin Street Blues; Mark O'Sullivan; Paperback
White Boy Singin' the Blues; Michael Bane; Paperback
Woman With Guitar : Memphis Minnie's Blues; Paul Garon, Beth Garon; Paperback
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing : The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards; David Honeyboy Edwards, Janis Martinson, Michael Robert Frank; Hardcover
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing : The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards; David Honeyboy Edwards, Janis Martinson, Michael Robert Frank; Paperback
Write Me a Few of Your Lines : A Blues Reader; Steven C. Tracy (Editor); Paperback
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Yonder Come the Blues : The Evolution of a Genre; Paul Oliver (Editor); Hardcover
Yonder Come the Blues : The Evolution of a Genre; Paul Oliver (Editor); Paperback
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Zydeco; Rick Olivier (Photographer), Ben Sandmel; Hardcover
