Cover art for The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends
Published
Motorbooks, November 2024
ISBN
9780760387566
Format
Hardcover, 200 pages
Dimensions
27.9cm × 21.6cm × 2.1cm

The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music by

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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

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