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First publish date: 1995
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Francis Davis
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📘 Deep blues
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Personal histories of great bluesmen trace the evolution of the blues from Africa to the Mississippi Delta. --Publisher.

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📘 Early blues
 by Jas Obrecht

An authoritative history tracing the rise of blues guitar from its early twentieth‑century origins through the Great Depression, spotlighting pioneering musicians such as Sylvester Weaver, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Mississippi John Hurt.

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📘 The story of the blues
 by Oliver, Paul

Paul Oliver’s definitive history of the blues, enriched with over two hundred vintage photographs and a new introduction, chronicles the African American singers, musicians, and settings that birthed this enduring genre.

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📘 The land where the blues began
 by Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax chronicles the rise of the blues from the cotton‑rich Mississippi Delta, revealing the hardships of African‑American life, and its influence on legends like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and modern guitarists.

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📘 The bluesman
 by Julio Finn


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Black pearls by 789147|Daphne Duval Harrison book cover

📘 Black pearls
 by Daphne Duval Harrison

Profiles of pioneering African‑American blues singers Alberta Hunter, Edith Wilson, Victoria Spivey, and Sippie Wallace, with an overview of blues history and the vaudeville circuit.

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Stomping the blues by 6515813|Albert Murray book cover

📘 Stomping the blues
 by Albert Murray

An analysis of blues, tracing its history, motivations, and cultural impact, with clear statements about its essence and boundaries.

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📘 In search of the blues
 by Marybeth Hamilton

Marybeth Hamilton’s non‑fiction study examines the myth of the Delta blues, arguing that its celebrated form emerged in the late twentieth century as a product of white collectors’ idealization of unspoiled black singers.

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📘 Delta Blues
 by Ted Gioia

Delta Blues traces the rise of the Mississippi Delta’s musical voice from field hollers to global influence, spotlighting legends such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King.

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