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Tammy L. Turner & Dick Waterman: DICK WATERMAN - A LIFE IN BLUES

Mary Lou Sullivan - RAISIN` CAIN - The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter

Bill Sykes - SIT DOWN! LISTEN TO THIS! - The Roger Eagle Story

Preston Lauterbach - BLUFF CITY The Secret Life of Photographer Ernest Withers

Vincent Abbate - Doug MacLeod - The Authorized compact biography

The first authorized biography of award-winning blues musician Doug MacLeod

COLOGNE, GERMANY — WHO IS BLUESTM is proud to announce the release of Who Is Blues Vol. 1: Doug MacLeod, the first in a new series of compact, authorized biographies by author/journalist Vincent Abbate. The book launches in October 2018 and will be available worldwide through online retail outlets and at select live events.

In Who Is Blues Volume 1, multiple Blues Music Award-winner Doug MacLeod reveals how he overcame an abusive childhood to become a celebrated singer, songwriter and master of the blues guitar. The book traces the highs and lows of MacLeod’s six decades in music. From St. Louis to the coffeehouses of hippie-era Norfolk. From the backwoods of Toano, Virginia to the rough-and-tumble blues clubs of 1970s Los Angeles. From his electric LPs of the 1980s right on up to the recording of 2018’s Acoustic Album of the Year Break The Chain. Along the way, he shares recollections of contemporaries like Albert King, B.B. King and his mentor George “Harmonica” Smith. His inspirational story is one of friendship, family, forgiveness and the great and mystical healing power of the blues.
“One of the great blues artists . . . period!”
– From the foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee / Jefferson Airplane

WHO IS BLUES VOL. 1: Doug MacLeod
Release date: September 3rd 2018
Format: Paperback (158 pages)
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1721731679
ISBN-13: 978-1721731671

About the author
New York-born author and journalist Vincent Abbate has been a respected voice on the international blues and roots music scene for over 20 years. His interviews, columns and reviews have appeared in leading print magazines including Blues Revue and Blues Music Magazine (US), The Blues (UK), bluesnews and ROCKS (DE). Along the way, Abbate has profiled artists including B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Solomon Burke, Gary Clark Jr. and countless others. His popular blog Who Is Blues launched in 2017.

Kevin D. Greene - The Invention and Reinvention of Big Bill Broonzy

Benny Turner with Bill Dahl - The Benny Turner Story

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http://www.bennyturner.com/survivor1.html

Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. - TOO MUCH UNConvenience - Recollections of a Blues Gypsy

Jerry Dantzic - Grayson Dantzic - Billie Holiday At Sugar Hill

James Sullivan - THE HARDEST WORKING MAN - How James Brown saved The Soul of America

Dust to Digital - Washington Phillips and his Manzarene Dreams

http://www.dust-digital.com/washington-phillips/

Mitsutoshi Inaba - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - The Blues Harmonica of Chicago`s Bronzeville

Martin Hawkins - Slim Harpo Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw

https://www.bear-family.de/blog/blog/2016/05/26/arthur-big-boy-crudup-music-man-like-nobody-ever-saw-5-cd-box/

"5-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 68-page hardcover book, 124 tracks. Total playing time approx. 6 hrs.

A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw – Elvis Presley

• The first box set devoted to this blues giant! • His complete recordings 1941-1962!
• Songs include the original versions of Rock Me Mamma, That’s All Right, My Baby Left Me, Mean Ol’ Frisco, So Glad You’re Mine, and many more!
• Newly researched biography by award-winning blues journalist Bill Dahl.
• Rare and exclusive photos!

In the world of music, there was never anyone quite like ARTHUR ‘BIG BOY’ CRUDUP. Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, his style was propulsive, melodic, original, and profoundly soulful. If he wasn’t ‘The Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll’, as one LP proclaimed, there’s no doubt that rock ‘n’ roll owes a debt to his songs, including That’s All Right Mama, My Baby Left Me, Rock Me Mamma, So Glad You’re Mine, and Mean Ol’ Frisco Blues, as much as to his tight, swinging brand of rural blues.

Arthur Crudup was in his thirties when he made his first recordings in 1941 and recorded prolifically until his death in 1974. This set includes his complete recordings from 1941 until 1962, including every extant song from RCA and its associated labels, as well as his sides for Trumpet, Checker, Ace, and Fire. Over one hundred recordings in all.

An expressive singer and a true poet of the blues, Arthur Crudup certainly deserves to be known as the guy who wrote three songs that Elvis Presley recorded during the Fifties, but he was a towering musician in his own right. His influence didn’t end at Elvis Presley. In addition to all those that Elvis influenced, countless other blues and rock musicians adapted his songs and his sweet, lyrical style.

These 124 songs on 5 CDs are complemented by a 68-page book by Bill Dahl, rare photos, and a newly researched discography."

(source: https://www.bear-family.de/blog/blog/2016/05/26/arthur-big-boy-crudup-music-man-like-nobody-ever-saw-5-cd-box/ )

 

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