Rollin' and Tumblin' : The Postwar Blues Guitarists

Excellent History of Blues Players J.L. Populist This book covered a lot of blues artists. I found it to be comprehensive without getting boring or repetitive.The blues guys that get a look run the gamut from acoustic guitars-to harpists-to electric guitarists. The book is very informative.Some of the material was from interviews with the blues artists done by magazine writers over the years. Other material came from recollections from contemporaries.The reader gets a feeling for the personalities, rivalries, lifestyles, and origins of the music.I was amazed. "GREAT book and I enjoyed it very much BUT." according to ICED COFFEE. I'll keep it short and sweet. This is a great book but there are some GREAT, post-war blues guitarists that did not have their own chapter in this book that should have. Maybe Jas Obrecht can write a sequel called More Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists, Volume 2. The guitarists that should have had their own chapter in the book but didn't are: Eddie Taylor, Earl Hooker, Magic Slim, Lightnin' Slim, Albert Collins, Luther Tucker, Phillip Walker, Earl King and Abe "Little Smokey" Smothers. Those . To Understand The Blues, You Need To Know The Bluesmen William E Donoghue Blues music is a highly-codified deep poetry designed to be sung in front of both blacks and whites but only truly understood by blacks. Ask about Sonny Boy's "Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes" and Southern whites will start talking about frogs and snakes; blacks recognize that this is about working and not getting paid or buying a dress for a woman who goes off with another man. This book is one of a few blues books that lets the blues poets tell their story, much of which is between he lines of their stories and t

This is the most comprehensive and insightful study ever published on the pioneers of electric blues guitar - including the great Chicago, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, Texas and West Coast bluesmen. RollinÕ and TumblinÕ offers extensive interviews with some of the worldÕs most famous blues guitarists, and poignant profiles of historical blues figures. Following a sweeping portrait of blues guitar history, the book features such players as T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, LightninÕ Hopkins and many more.

"Documents the most important time, places, and faces in music history." -- Ben Harper"More than the greatest bluesmen telling their stories, it's a way to fall in love with the blues all over" -- Dave Marsh"Rollin' and Tumblin' is a great tribute to the guitarists of the past 50-some years who defined the blues -- not just by the notes theyve played, but by the lives theyve lived. This book has the most in-depth biographies and interviews ever published on certain artists. Jas Obrecht has done his usual excellent job, with his passion for the true stories of the blues." -- Jim O'Neal, founding editor, Living Blues"The book's like a river of whisky and it made me feel like a diving duck." -- Dave Marsh"This is the book that tells the story of the first music that was here." -- John Lee Hooker"This is the story of the blues before Pepsi!" --

Handy Awards. . Hendrix. Editor Jas Obrecht edited Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music, and co-authored My Son Jimi with the legendary guitarist's father, James A. Obrecht won the Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award in Journalism at the 1997 W.C. A long-time editor at Guitar Player magazine, Obrecht currently