{"product_id":"the-blues-a-visual-history-100-years-of-music-that-changed-the-world-9780764359750","title":"The Blues: A Visual History: 100 Years of Music That Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mike Evans\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Schiffer Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American South and focusing on the key musicians and singers who brought it recognition worldwide, \u003cem\u003eThe Blues: A Visual History\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique and fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. This deceptively simple, 12-bar musical form has become the common denominator that has driven the popular music of the last hundred years. As John Lee Hooker put it: \"The music we play . . . that music is the roots. Rock music, everything else, is like a branch on the same tree. It all comes from the blues.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e350 stunning photographs and illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA wealth of archive photography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRare graphic memorabilia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForeword by Marshall Chess, veteran record producer with his family's legendary Chicago rhythm-and-blues label, Chess Records\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Author Mike Evans is a musician, editor, and author whose books include the best-selling \u003cem\u003eElvis: A Celebration\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRay Charles: The Birth of Soul\u003c\/em\u003e. Consultant editor Robert Gordon is a Grammy Award-winning writer and filmmaker specializing in the music of the American south, and Scott Barretta is a blues specialist writer, broadcaster, and lecturer.","brand":"Schiffer Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45117130965143,"sku":"9780764359750","price":3130.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780764359750.webp?v=1767900626","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-blues-a-visual-history-100-years-of-music-that-changed-the-world-9780764359750","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}