FolkLib Index - Music Related 'For Dummies' Books

      This bibliography page lists Music Related "... For Dummies" books   (Wikipedia)   in my collection "{A}".   This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every "For Dummies" book ever published about a musical topic. It is just a list of every book I own "{A}", purchased in my attempt to find books that include individual musician and/or composer biographies. Three of the books below include biographies (Blues, Classical and Jazz).

      New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

Books are listed in Title Order:
1. #gt - 1998, Blues For Dummies
2. #3v - 1997, Classical Music For Dummies, 1st ed.
3. #6g - 1998, Jazz For Dummies, 1st ed.
4. #6h - 2006, Jazz For Dummies, 2nd ed.
5. #3x - 2004, Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks For Dummies
6. #3w - 2002, Songwriting For Dummies, 1st ed.

1. #gt 1998, Brooks, Koda & Brooks. "Blues for Dummies" {A}{F} - cover scans
   1. Allison, Luther - ,gt180-2
   2. Ball, Marcia - ,gt217
   3. Barbecue Bob - ,gt74-4
   4. Barton, Lou Ann - ,gt218
   5. Bell, Carey - ,gt218-9
   6. Below, Fred - ,gt173
   7. Blackwell, Scrapper - ,gt84
   8. Bland, Bobby "Blue" - ,gt88-90
   9. Blind Blake - ,gt75
   10. Block, Rory - ,gt219
   11. Bloomfield, Michael - ,gt90-219
   12. Brooks, Lonnie - ,gt182-4
   13. Broonzy, Big Bill - ,gt45-6
   14. Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" - ,gt92-3
   15. Brown, Sarah - ,gt220
   16. Burnside, R.L. - ,gt184-5
   17. Butterfield, Paul - ,gt94-5
   18. Carr, Leroy - ,gt75-6
   19. Chenier, Clifton - ,gt95-100
   20. Clapton, Eric - ,gt185-7
   21. Clarke, William - ,gt187-9
   22. Clearwater, Eddy - ,gt220-1
   23. Coleman, Deborah - ,gt221-2
   24. Collins, Albert - ,gt189-92
   25. Connor, Joanna - ,gt222-3
   26. Copeland, Johnny - ,gt192-3
   27. Cotten, James - ,gt166-7
   28. Cox, Ida - ,gt76
   29. Cray, Robert - ,gt193-5
   30. Davies, Debbie - ,gt223
   31. Dixon, Willie - ,gt100-3
   32. Fabulous Thunderbirds, The - ,gt195-7
   33. Fulson, Lowell - ,gt103-4
   34. Gillum, Jazz - ,gt84-5
   35. Guitar Slim - ,gt167-8
   36. Guy, Buddy - ,gt105-9
   37. Handy, W.C. - ,gt38
   38. Harman, James - ,gt197-8
   39. Harris, Wynonie - ,gt168
   40. Hendrix, Jimi - ,gt111-3
   41. Homesick James - ,gt168-9
   42. Hooker, Earl - ,gt113-6
   43. Hooker, John Lee - ,gt116-8
   44. Hopkins, Lightnin' - ,gt119-22
   45. Horton, Walter - ,gt122-4
   46. House, Son - ,gt46-9
   47. Howlin' Wolf - ,gt124-8
   48. Hunter, Alberta - ,gt76-7
   49. Hunter, Long John - ,gt224
   50. Hutto, J.B. - ,gt169
   51. James, Elmore - ,gt128-30
   52. James, Etta - ,gt198-200
   53. James, Skip - ,gt78
   54. Jefferson, Blind Lemon - ,gt50-1
   55. Johnson, Jimmy - ,gt224-5
   56. Johnson, Lonnie - ,gt2-3
   57. Johnson, Robert - ,gt53-6
   58. Johnson, Syl - ,gt225
   59. Joplin, Janis - ,gt130-2
   60. Jordan, Louis - ,gt56-8
   61. King, Albert - ,gt132-4
   62. King, B.B. - ,gt134-7
   63. King, Freddy (Freddie) - ,gt137-9
   64. Kirkland, Eddie - ,gt225-6
   65. Lazy Lester - ,gt173
   66. Leadbelly - ,gt58-9
   67. Lenoir, J.B. - ,gt169-70
   68. Lightnin' Slim - ,gt139-40
   69. Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials - ,gt226
   70. Little Walter - ,gt140-2
   71. Lockwood, Robert Jr. - ,gt174
   72. Lofton, Cripple Clarence - ,gt78-9
   73. Magic Sam - ,gt142-4
   74. Magic Slim - ,gt226-7
   75. Mahal, Taj - ,gt201-2
   76. McDowell, Mississippi Fred - ,gt61-3
   77. McGhee, Brownie & Sonny Terry - ,gt144-5
   78. Memphis Jug Band, The - ,gt79
   79. Memphis Minnie - ,gt60-1
   80. Merriweather, Big Maceo - ,gt85
   81. Muddy Waters - ,gt157-60
   82. Musselwhite, Charlie - ,gt227
   83. Nighthawk, Robert - ,gt146-7
   84. Patton, Charlie - ,gt63-5
   85. Perkins, Pinetop - ,gt174
   86. Presley, Elvis - ,gt147-8
   87. Primich, gary - ,gt202-3
   88. Pryor, Snooky - ,gt170-1
   89. Rainey, Ma - ,gt65-8
   90. Raitt, Bonnie - ,gt203-6
   91. Reed, Jimmy - ,gt148-51
   92. Rogers, Jimmy - ,gt171-2
   93. Rush, Otis - ,gt151-3
   94. Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - ,gt228
   95. Seals, Son - ,gt228-9
   96. Shepherd, Kenny Wayne - ,gt206-7
   97. Slim Harpo - ,gt109-11
   98. Smith, Bessie - ,gt68-70
   99. Smith, Mamie - ,gt79-80
   100. Spann, Otis - ,gt175
   101. Spivey, Victoria - ,gt81
   102. Strehli, Angela - ,gt229
   103. Sumlin, Hubert - ,gt230
   104. Sunnyland Slim - ,gt176
   105. Sykes, Roosevelt - ,gt153-4
   106. Tampa Red - ,gt70-1
   107. Taylor, Eddie - ,gt176-7
   108. Taylor, Hound Dog - ,gt207-8
   109. Taylor, Koko - ,gt208-10
   110. Thornton, Big Mama - ,gt154-6
   111. Thorogood, George - ,gt210-2
   112. Turner, Big Joe - ,gt72-3
   113. Vaughan, Stevie Ray - ,gt212-4
   114. Walker, T-Bone - ,gt156-7
   115. Wallace, Sippie - ,gt81-2
   116. Washboard Sam - ,gt85-6
   117. Webster, Katie - ,gt177-8
   118. Wells, Junior - ,gt160-1
   119. White, Bukka - ,gt162-3
   120. Williams, Big Joe - ,gt82-3
   121. Williamson I, John Lee "Sonny Boy" - ,gt73-4
   122. Williamson II, "Sonny Boy" - ,gt163-6
   123. Winter, Johnny - ,gt214-6

2. #3v - Pogue, David & - Scott Speck   {A} - cover scans
         "Classical Music For Dummies, 1st ed."
         Scott Speck's overview of the book
         Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
         1997, 358 p., ISBN: 0-7645-5009-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-5009-6, LC: 97-80115, UPC: 9-780764-550096

   Pogue, David & Scott Speck   {B}
         "Classical Music For Dummies, 2nd ed.", - dummies.com
         2015, 384 p., ISBN: 1-119-04975-X, ISBN-13: 978-1-119-04975-3, LC: 2015-940310, UPC: ?

3. #6g 1998, Sutro. "Jazz For Dummies, 1st ed." {A} - cover scans

4. #6h 2006, Sutro. "Jazz For Dummies, 2nd ed." {A} - cover scans

5. #3x - Charmasson, Henri   {A} - cover scans
         "Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks For Dummies, 1st ed." - wiley.com, 2nd ed.
         Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
         2004, 364 p., ISBN: 0-7645-2551-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-2551-3, LC: 2003-116413, UPC: 9-780764-525513

6. #3w - Peterik, Jim, Dave Austin & Mary Ellen Bickford.   {A} - cover scans
         "Songwriting For Dummies, 1st ed."
         Foreword: Kenny Loggins, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
         2002, 360 p., ISBN: 0-7645-5404-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-5404-9, LC: 2002-108102, UPC: 9-780764-554049

   Austin, Dave, Jim Peterik & Cathy Lynn Austin   {B}
         "Songwriting For Dummies, 2nd ed.", - wiley.com
         2010, 384 p., ISBN: 0-470-61514-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-470-61514-0, LC: 2010-930726, UPC: 9-780470-615140