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Blues Unlimited: Essential Interviews from the Original Blues Magazine
Bill Greensmith
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Description for Blues Unlimited: Essential Interviews from the Original Blues Magazine
Hardback. Editor(s): Greensmith, Bill; Camarigg, Mark; Rowe, Mike. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176.
British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the then-nascent, now-legendary blues revival that reclaimed seminal figures like Son House and Skip James from obscurity. Throughout its history, Blues Unlimited heightened the literacy of blues fans, documented the latest news and career histories of countless musicians, and set the standard for revealing long-form interviews. Conducted by Bill Greensmith, Mike Leadbitter, Mike Rowe, John Broven, and others, and covering a who's who of blues masters, these essential interviews from Blues Unlimited shed light on their subjects while gleaning colorful detail from the rough ... Read more
British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the then-nascent, now-legendary blues revival that reclaimed seminal figures like Son House and Skip James from obscurity. Throughout its history, Blues Unlimited heightened the literacy of blues fans, documented the latest news and career histories of countless musicians, and set the standard for revealing long-form interviews. Conducted by Bill Greensmith, Mike Leadbitter, Mike Rowe, John Broven, and others, and covering a who's who of blues masters, these essential interviews from Blues Unlimited shed light on their subjects while gleaning colorful detail from the rough ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252039416
SKU
V9780252039416
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About Bill Greensmith
Bill Greensmith is a photographer from England now living in St. Louis; producer of CDs for Red Lightnin', Ace and Rhino Records and consultant for numerous record companies; former co-editor of Blues Unlimited (1974–87); and former host of a weekly blues radio program on KDHX, St. Louis (1989–94). Mike Rowe is a longtime blues broadcaster, reviewer, writer, and compiler, and ... Read more
Reviews for Blues Unlimited: Essential Interviews from the Original Blues Magazine
"The musicians run the gamut from the well known (Albert Collins, Freddie King, Arthur Crudup) to the obscure… The University of Illinois Press is to be commended for making this material available once more, this time in permanent form."
Journal of Folklore Research "Groundbreaking artist interviews and a covey of the most enlightening are collected here (along with a ... Read more
Journal of Folklore Research "Groundbreaking artist interviews and a covey of the most enlightening are collected here (along with a ... Read more