Samuel Charters

The Legacy Of The Blues - Art And Lives Of Twelve Great Bluesmen

Description: First paperback edition, 1977. Extensive handwriting / underlines inside, mostly pencil, some ink. Dog ear on lower front cover, spine nick (top area), 1/8" spine tear at bottom front edge, moderate blemishing of covers. Samuel Charters is a musicographer, novelist, poet, and producer of jazz and blues records who for many years has also been seriously interested in every aspect of black music. His book, The Country Blues, was the first to be published on the subject. He began making field recordings in the South in the early 1950s and has subsequently produced many recordings, both of individual blues artists and of the musical backgrounds of the blues in the United States and the Caribbean. Single item, ships at same rate as 3 records.

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