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Clueless Reviewing the Blues,
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This review is from: The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD (Paperback)
The constant berating of people who's voices aren't 50's style radio "pukers" as "being totally devoid of emotion" or "unable to express emotional content" belays an inherent lack of understanding of the blues and how the music expresses emotion. This book smacks of a pampered academic trying to compare workin' folks' music to slick city jazz enjoyed by the priveleged upper class. I bought this book used for $8.00 and refuse to sell it or give it away. I have hidden it at the back of my closet in the hopes that it will NEVER see the light of day. I give it 2 stars for the accuracy of the listing of the players on the discs and the slightly more accurate reviews of the instrumental playing.
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A very useful guide by the best blues critic today,
By blue barry "Blue Barry" (key west) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD (Paperback)
Hadley is a true critic. If he doesn't have something nice to say, he says it anyway. Read his reviews every month in Downbeat for proof of that. He has very eclectic tastes and does not suffer singers who cannot sing or express the song or writers who cannot write. He points out the good and bad of performance and production. I am tired of critics being afraid to say something is no good or at least point out faults in a recording. Sometimes the emperor has no clothes and the critic needs to tell us that. I do not see any bias in favor or against any type of blues or any era of blues in his book or in his Downbeat columns, only criticism of failings that need to be pointed out. If you do prefer a certain era or style (we all have our own preferences and biases) this book will point you in the right direction for blues you will appreciate.
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GROVE PRESS GUIDE TO BLUES ON CD,
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This review is from: The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD (Paperback)
a great help in deciding which blues cds to buy. does not cover jazz or rock or any other kind of music. to its credit it's pure blues!
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Adept at essaying a variety of musical styles, the New Orleans singer known as the "Tan Canary" dons his sharpest blues clothes for his third Rounder release. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, Muddy Waters, Black Top, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Volume One, Blind Pig, Bobby Bland, Memphis Slim, New York, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Los Angeles, Roomful of Blues, Sonny Boy Williamson, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, Ray Charles, Otis Spann New!
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Adept at essaying a variety of musical styles, the New Orleans singer known as the "Tan Canary" dons his sharpest blues clothes for his third Rounder release. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, Muddy Waters, Black Top, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Volume One, Blind Pig, Bobby Bland, Memphis Slim, New York, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Los Angeles, Roomful of Blues, Sonny Boy Williamson, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, Ray Charles, Otis Spann New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston on page 152, and page 168
- Duke Ellington by Scott Yanow in Front Matter, and page 27
- Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story by Helen Oakley Dance on page 126, and page 227
- Simply the Best Pb by Various on page 215
- Down and Dirty by Frank King on page 269
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