More blues singers : biographies of 50 artists from the later 20th century / by David Dicaire.

Author/creator Dicaire, David, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2002.
Descriptionvii, 288 pages ; cm.
Subjects
Blues musicians--Biography.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Contents Part one. Modern acoustic blues. Taj Mahal: the blues scholar -- John Hammond, Jr.: white country blues -- Paul Geremia: gamblin' woman blues -- Kelly Joe Phelps: hosanna blues -- Keb' Mo': the rainmaker -- John Mooney: workingman's blues -- Alvin Youngblood Hart: thunder in his hands -- Corey Harris: high fever blues -- Part two. Contemporary Chicago blues. Son Seals: bad-axe blues -- Paul Butterfield: hot buttered blues -- Mike Bloomfield: blues all around -- Charlie Musselwhite: ace of harps -- Billy Branch: harp attack -- Lurrie Bell: living Chicago blues -- Lil' Ed Williams: imperial blues -- Melvin Taylor: blues on the run -- Part three. Modern American electric blues. Jimi Hendrix: red house blues -- Johnny Winter: albino bluesman -- Rod Piazza: jumpin' blues -- Joe Louis Walker: a blues soul -- Robert Cray: the contemporary bluesman -- William Clarke: electric harp blues -- Jimmie Vaughan: thunderbird blues -- Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texas flood -- Tinsley Ellis: the Georgia flame thrower -- Kenny Neal: Louisiana bayou blues -- Larry McCray: assembly-line blues -- Lucky Peterson: a blues prodigy -- Kenny Wayne Shepherd: young man's blues -- Jonny Lang: blues from the Badlands -- Part four. Contemporary blues women. Janis Joplin: Pearl's blues -- Angela Strehli: soul-shake blues -- Rory Block: high-heeled blues -- Marcia Ball: hot tamale baby -- Bonnie Raitt: a blues angel -- Lou Ann Barton: Texas roadhouse queen -- Joanna Connor: big girl blues -- Sue Foley: young girl blues -- Part five. Blues around the world. Eric Clapton: stones in my pathway -- Rory Gallagher: the Irish Mississippian -- Donnie Walsh: Mr. Downchild -- Hans Theessink: blues from the Lowlands -- Dave Hole: blues from Down Under -- J. J. Milteau: French harp blues -- Sven Zetterberg: Swedish blues -- Zucchero: sweet Italian blues -- Javier Vargas: Madrid blues -- Yuri Naumov: renegade Russian blues -- Shun Kikura: blues made in Japan -- Silvan Zingg: Boogie-Woogie Swiss blues -- Appendix A. Recordings by three or more blues singers -- Appendix B. Blues societies and foundations.
Abstract This book provides biographical and critical information on fifty blues singers who were born after 1940; each entry includes a complete discography and bibliographical references for other resources.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-278), discographies (pages 259-261), and index.
LCCN 2001044839
ISBN0786410353 (softcover : alk. paper)