Transcribed from 78 rpm recordings and preserved here long after
many of the records have disappeared, this collection of nearly
three hundred songs from more than one hundred singers celebrates
the diversity of feeling and form that defines the blues. Ma
Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Memphis
Minnie, Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters are represented with their
lesser-known contemporaries-Barefoot Bill, Barbecue Bob, Bumble Bee
Slim, and Black Ivory King. This complete anthology also features
lyrics by Blind Blake, Victoria Spivey, Blind Willie Johnson,
"Funny Paper" Smith, Texas Alexander, Lightning Hopkins, Mance
Lipscomb, Ma Yancey, King Solomon Hill, Skip James, Arthur "Big
Boy" Crudup, Son House, Willie Brown, Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka
White, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Rev. Gary Davis, Roosevelt
Sykes, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sonny Boy Williamson, Kokomo Arnold,
Tampa Red, Howlin'Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Charlie Patton, and more
than 100 others. Dozens of illustrations are included.
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