This comprehensive study of blues music disputes the idea that it is strictly derived from African rhythms, contending that it is "Southern" music as much as "b
This volume offers a deep look into the Blues. Author Michael V. Uschan describes this quintessentially American music, charting its evolution out of African Am
Traces the development of one of the world's greatest music styles and considers the changing attitudes towards the blues on the part of both blacks and whites,