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Title: Blues-Rock Explosion by Summer McStravick, John Roos, Bob Brunning, Martin Celmins, Harry Shapiro, Borge Skilbrigt, Mike Stax, Jeff Watt, Julian Barker ISBN: 0-9701332-7-8 Publisher: Old Goat Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Required Reading
Comment: The "Blues-Rock Explosion" falls into the "must have" category for all serious music fans and collectors. The book features a great mix of well known and obscure bands and artists and is full of facts and details that even the most ardent fan will not be aware of.
Having been a British Blues fan/collector/writer for 30+ years it's great having detailed information on all of my favorites(Savoy Brown,Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation,etc.)in one place. Great articles,discographies, and photos highlight a book that is hard to put down.
So grab a stack of cds,the "Blues-Rock Explosion" sit back and enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Have for any blues rock lover
Comment: This book is fantastic! The only thing that would make it better yet, would be the addition of a few more blues artists that seem to have been left out. (The Animals, Eric Burdon, Spencer Davis,...and WHERE is Led Zeppelin!!!...the greatest Blues rock band ever??) It is still well worth owning, if you can still get one...lots of information, and things even an avid Blues Rock fan probably didn't know. The "Introduction" is one of the best parts, giving you virtually a complete history of how this great music evolved. Gives Blues Music the attention it has deserved for so long, and never got.
Rating: 5
Summary: More Praise...And A Minor Correction
Comment: In a previous review of this book, I mentioned some minor gaps in the discography. Actually, it was my own error, I hadn't noticed that the cut-off date for this mainly '60s-oriented work was 1972 and that releases by the artists discussed after that date were discussed fairly extensively in a "postscript" to the main entry on the group or artist.
In any event, that was only a very minor concern. As I've read more and more of this book, I've come to decide that it is an almost indespensible reference work for lovers of rock, blues and 60s music in general.
And I take issue with those who feel a bit miffed that this or that artist or group has not been included in this volume. If all goes as hoped, this book will be one of many in a series devoted to music of the 60s. The old goats at Old Goat Publishing are hard at work at follow ups, so please be a little patient. (You can check them out at www.oldgoat.com.) Many artists of the era were eclectic to the point where genre bending became their modus operadi. Creatively, that was an exciting and flat out wonderful turn of events. Critically, well, it makes classification and categorization all the harder.
Yes, Led Zeppelin had a strong blues influence, but there would be a much stronger argument for including them in a future volume on "metal" or "megastars." The focus of this work is more on those artists that you may NOT have heard of and whose work deserves attention. (No one can deny that Led Zep has not had a fair amount of ink spilled in their name.) By comparsion, the inclusion of Cream in this volume is justified, not just because Cream was significantly "rootsier" than Zep, but because (apparently) an editorial decision was made to include all of Eric Clapton's work in one volume.
And speaking of Erics, wouldn't Burden be more appropriate in an eventual "British Invasion" volume? Yeah, it's all somewhat arbitrary, but if you're familiar with any kind of criticism (literary, film, music or whatever), you know that those kinds of distinctions are absolutely necessary. There are people out there, for instance, who will tell you in no uncertain terms that "classical" music should NOT be an umbrella term for the music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. But sometimes that kind of critical shorthand is necessary if you're going to have any kind of discussion at all.
BLUES-ROCK EXPLOSION should help initiate discussion of the oft-neglected music to which it is devoted. There'll be plenty more to discuss with future volumes in the Old Goat series. At least this old goat hopes so.
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Title: All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine ISBN: 0879307366 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer, Trower: Their Lives and Music by Dan Muise ISBN: 0634029568 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution by Richie Unterberger ISBN: 087930703X Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Unfinished Business: The Life and Times of Danny Gatton by Ralph Heibutzki, Ralph Biebutzki ISBN: 087930748X Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock by Richie Unterberger ISBN: 0879307439 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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