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When
I was young ands firstr started listening seriously to music,
I often wondered about what it must have been like to hear Charley
Patton or Robert
Johnson playing in a Juke or what was the Killing Floor. Many of these books
have allowed me to step back in time and see what it must have been like and
how the music I love came to be. Mississippi Blues 2005 Wall Calendar by Dick
Waterman is a calender with photos of legendary
bluesmen. Searching for Robert Johnson by Peter Guralnick,
Escaping the Delta by Elijah Wald,
Moanin' at Midnight by James Segrest & Mark Hoffman, Can't Be Satisfied
by Robert Gordon, Under a Hoodoo Moon by Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack,
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing by David Honeyboy Edwards, Trumpet Records by
Marc
Ryan,
Spinning Blues into Gold by Nadine Cohodas,
Machers and Rockers by Rich Cohen,
Between Midnight and Day by Dick Waterman,
Blues Guitar by Jas Obrecht,
The Blues Makers by Samuel Charters,
Blues Who's Who by Sheldon Harris,
Charlie Christian by Peter Broadbent,
The Arrival of B. B. King by Charles Sawyer and Big Bill Blues by William Broonzy
are the stories of the people who made the music.
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Guitars
and amps are more than just the tools that make the music. Many are
objects of beauty and craftsmanship. The Beauty of the 'Burst by Yasuhiko
Iwanade, 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul by
Tony Bacon, The Tube Amp Book by Aspen Pittman,
Fender Amps by John Teagle,
The Stratocaster Chronicles by Tom Wheeler,
Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars by George Gruhn,
American Guitars by Tom Wheeler,
A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps by Gerald Weber,
Tube Amp Talk for the Guitarist by Gerald Weber,
The Electric Guitar by Paul Trynka,
Fender Amps by John Teagle,
The Fender Amp Book by John Morrish,
The Fender Book by Tony Bacon,
The Story of the Fender Stratocaster by Ray Minhinnett,
Fender Custom Shop Gallery by Richard Smith,
Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz,
Fender Stratocaster by A. R. Duchossoir,
Fender Telecaster by A. R. Duchossoir and
Fender by Richard R. Smith are books about these instruments and amps as well
as the story of the people who made them and the way they work.
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Want to play it like it was recorded or learn how they did that lick? Bottleneck
Blues Guitar by Woody Mann and Complete Robert Johnson by W. Mann can help.
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