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Blues From Laurel Canyon: My Life as a Bluesman by John Mayall
RRP: $42.00$26.78John Mayall's story is like no other in the annals of rock and blues. Born in the UK in 1933, he laid the foundations of British blues, nurtured a generation of future superstars and then took the music back to the land of its birth. This extraordinary... -
John Mayall: The Blues Crusader by Dinu Logoz 9783283012281
RRP: $52.50$34.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783283012281Author Dinu LogozFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Edition OlmsPublisher Edition OlmsWeight(grams) 782g -
Dana Gillespie: Weren't Born A Man by Dana Gillespie 9781838099053
RRP: $41.98$35.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838099053Author Dana GillespieFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Hawksmoor PublishingPublisher Hawksmoor Publishing -
Rememberings by Sinead O'Connor 9781844885428
RRP: $23.08$16.32THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' made her a global icon. She... -
I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone by Nina Simone
RRP: $29.38$23.12A gorgeous, inimitable singer and songwriter, Nina Simone (1933-2003) changed the face of both music and race relations in America. She struck a chord with bluesy jazz ballads like "Put a Little Sugar in My Bowl" and powerful protest songs such as... -
Life by Keith Richards
RRP: $27.28$18.06Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.'Electrifying' New York Times'A masterpiece' The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday TelegraphWith the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics... -
Being Elvis: The perfect companion to Baz Luhrmann's major biopic Ray Connolly 9781474604574
RRP: $27.28$18.06The perfect companion to Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming biopic Elvis, a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler.What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world's first... -
Arhoolie Records Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz Joel Selvin 9781797222288
RRP: $63.00$38.45A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety, through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie records. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, the one-man operation of Arhoolie Records... -
Bird Lives!: The High Life And Hard Times Of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker by Ross Russell
$37.49This work on Charlie "Bird" Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites;... -
Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records by Rob Bowman 9780825672842
$51.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825672842Author Rob BowmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Schirmer BooksPublisher Cengage GaleWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 152mm * 25mm -
Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis
RRP: $31.48$22.24Miles: The Autobiography, like the man himself, holds nothing back. He talks about his battles against drugs and racism, and discusses the many women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has played... -
Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community by Charles D. Gerard 9780275961985
$174.80Is jazz a universal idiom or is it an African-American art form? Although whites have been playing jazz almost since it first developed, the history of jazz has been forged by a series of African-American artists whose styles caught the interest of their... -
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib 9780141995793
RRP: $23.08$16.32**As featured on Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List**Winner of the Gordon Burn PrizeWinner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spievogel... -
Booze & Vinyl: A Spirited Guide to Great Music and Mixed Drinks by Andre Darlington
RRP: $42.00$28.88The ultimate listening party guide, Booze and Vinyl shows you how to set the mood for 70 great records from the 1950s through the 2000s.From modern craft cocktails to old standbys, prepare to shake, stir, and just plain pour your way through some of the... -
Cream: Clapton, Bruce and Baker Sitting on Top of the World: San Francisco, February-March 1968 by Edoardo Genzolini
RRP: $48.28$31.61Cream, the immensely influential British rock power trio of the 1960s, comprising guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker, forged an extraordinary partnership with the vibrant city of San Francisco, California. This legendary... -
Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman 9781474606578
RRP: $31.48$17.93Eric Clapton is acknowledged to be rock's greatest virtuoso, the unrivalled master of its most essential tool, the solid-body electric guitar.Clapton transfigured three of the 1960s' most iconic bands - the Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith - walking away... -
Beginner Blues Guitar Soloing by Joseph Alexander 9781789331479
RRP: $31.48$28.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789331479Author Joseph AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comPublisher WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comWeight(grams)... -
Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
RRP: $20.98$14.93'A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday' Craig Brown"I've been told that no one sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or the word 'love'."Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the... -
The Devil's Music: A History Of The Blues by Giles Oakley
RRP: $27.28$23.77Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African... -
Gary Moore Harry Shapiro 9781911036975
RRP: $35.60$25.01Gary Moore delighted entire generations with his passionate guitar playing, from the driving rock of Thin Lizzy in the 1970s to his explorations in subsequent decades of jazz fusion, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, and more. Throughout that time, he... -
Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book David Quantick 9781472146243
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Best quiz book ever'HARRY HILL'Quantick is the Captain Beefheart of quizzing'MARK BILLINGHAM'The antidote to every deathly dull pub quiz you've ever been to. This is how a quiz book should be written - where having fun is the most important outcome'GARY... -
The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America and the Meaning of Jazz by Kathy J. Ogren 9780195074796
RRP: $41.98$27.91The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black... -
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
RRP: $20.98$14.07WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of... -
Rage To Survive: The Etta James Story by David Ritz
RRP: $29.38$23.00One of the great women of American music, equally at home singing blues and jazz, Etta regales us with tales of her chaotic childhood, the stars she has known, and her troubled trip to stardom in this mesmerizing autobiography.About the AuthorDavid Ritz... -
King of the Blues: The Life and Times of B. B. King by Daniel de Vise
RRP: $42.00$30.85'Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced' Eric Clapton'No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues' President Barack Obama'One part of me says, "Yes, of course I can play." But the other part of me says, "Well, I wish... -
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development by Gunther Schuller
RRP: $27.28$21.02Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the... -
Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House by Daniel Beaumont 9780195395570
RRP: $49.33$39.98In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James... -
Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall W. Stearns
RRP: $35.68$20.96The Story of American Vernacular DanceAbout the AuthorThe late Marshall Stearns was author of The Story of Jazz, and was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Institute of Jazz Studies. He was also a professor of English at Hunger College in New... -
Paul Weller - The Changing Man by Paolo Hewitt
RRP: $27.28$19.09Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking, through his ascent to fame with The Jam, the halcyon years of The Style Council and for all of his critically acclaimed solo career. Hewitt has even been the... -
Billie's Blues by John Chilton 9780306803635
RRP: $33.58$32.72Anyone who has ever heard a Billie Holiday record knows the sound of her voice,sad, sexy, always relaxed but securely aware of the beat. Conveying a poignancy that cut to the heart of a song, she redeemed even trivial material with her impeccable sense... -
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer 9780140062236
RRP: $37.80$21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140062236Author Robert PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm... -
Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History by Colin Harper 9781901447408
RRP: $31.48$21.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901447408Author Colin HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 425Imprint Cherry Red BooksPublisher Cherry Red BooksWeight(grams) 659g -
Father Of The Blues: An Autobiography by W.C. Handy 9780306804212
$42.48W. C. Handy's blues, Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues",changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy... -
Giant Steps: Bebop And The Creators Of Modern Jazz, 1945-65 Kenny Mathieson 9780862418595
RRP: $33.60$23.02Giant Steps examines the most important figures in the creation of modern jazz, detailing the emergence of bebop through the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. Using this as its starting point, Giant... -
The Power of Black Music: Interpreting its History from Africa to the United States by Samuel A. Floyd 9780195109757
RRP: $47.23$32.00The Power of Black Music offers a new way of listening to the music of black America, and appreciating its profound contribution to all American music. Striving to break down the barriers that remain between high art and low art, it illuminates the... -
R. Crumb Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country by Stephen Calt
RRP: $33.58$23.84For over three decades R. Crumb has shocked, entertained, titillated and challenged the imaginations (and the inhibitions) of comics fans the world over. The acknowledged father of "underground comix," Crumb is the single greatest influence on the... -
The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People by Francis Davis
RRP: $42.00$32.00Francis Davis's The History of the Blues is a ground-breaking rethinking of the blues that fearlessly examines how race relations have altered perceptions of the music. Tracing its origins from the Mississippi Delta to its amplification in Chicago... -
Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK by Jackie Kay 9780571362929
RRP: $23.08$15.37A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKBessie Smith: singer, icon, pioneer. Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived. 'A gem of a book . . . beautiful.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A... -
The Essence Of The Blues - Tenor Saxophone: 10 great etudes for playing and improvising on the blues by Jim Snidero 9783954810529
RRP: $39.88$32.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783954810529Author Jim SnideroPage Count 56Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music Ltd -
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction by Elijah Wald
RRP: $18.88$13.88Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald...