Children of the Blues
Subtitle: 40 Musicians Shaping a New Generation of Blues Tradition
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: February 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780879307004
Subjects: Blues; Songbooks - General; Interviews; Music/Songbooks; Music; United States; Genres & Styles - Blues; History & Criticism - General; Music / History & Criticism; Music / Reference; MUSIC / Blues; Blues musicians
First sentence: IN MANY WAYS, Chicago in the 1960s was the family living room of the blues.
Description: "This book journeys across America to explore the storied generation of new blues musicians: the biological and spiritual children fathered and mentored by the masters of the blues. Stoking the '60s blues revival, and standing at the vanguard of the next evolution, these young players walked through the doors opened by their fathers - and have kept them open, strengthening a timeless art form.".

"This new generation - from Taj Mahal and Charlie Musselwhite to Keb' Mo' - learned the musical and life lessons of the blues from Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Albert King, Lonnie Brooks, J. B. Hutto, Jimmy Rogers, and many more. Children of the Blues tells their unique stories, so you can listen to the elders on the same front porches, sit at the same kitchen tables, ride in the same vans, and stand on the same smoky stages as some of the blues greats."--BOOK JACKET.