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      This page lists Music Reference Books which include "Blues" in their title, or whose primary focus is Blues Music. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every book ever published about this genre of music. It is just a list of every book I own "{A}" or have personally referenced in local Wisconsin libraries.

      New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

{..} = Who owns, or owned, this reference book (see the complete code list in library)

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Complete details in order by author and date A  
1. #mk - Dan Aykroyd   & Ben Manilla   {A} - cover scans
         "Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars",
         San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books,
         2004, 262 p., ISBN: 0-87930-809-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-87930-809-4, LC: 2004-015467, UPC: 9-780879-308094

   B  

2. #ga - Erlewine, Michael (ed.) with Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Cub Koda.   {A} - cover scans
         "All Music Guide to the Blues, 1st ed."
         San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books
         1996, 424 p., ISBN: 0-87930-424-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-87930-424-9, LC: 96-77864, UPC: 9-780879-304249

3. #gm - Erlewine, Michael, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra Cub Koda & Stephen Thomas Erlewine eds.   {A}{F} - cover scans
         "All Music Guide to the Blues, 2nd ed."
         San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books
         1999, 662 p., ISBN: 0-87930-548-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-87930-548-2, LC: 98-42564, UPC: 9-780879-305482
       781.643 - All (.F)

4. #7j - Bogdanov, Vladimir, Chris Woodstra & Stephen Thomas Erlewine.   {A} - cover scans
         "All Music Guide to the Blues, 3rd ed."
         San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books
         2003, 756 p., ISBN: 0-87930-736-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-87930-736-3, LC: 2003-040408, UPC: 9-780879-307363
5. #if - Bourgeois. 1996, "Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945"   A{C}
6. #3u - Bourgeois. 2004, "Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945" (reprint)   {A}

7. #gt - Brooks, Lonnie, - Cub Koda & - Wayne Baker Brooks.   {A}{F} - cover scans
         "Blues For Dummies" - dummies.com
         Foreword: Dan Aykroyd, Afterword: B.B. King, Foster City, CA / Chicago, IL / Indianapolis, IN / New York, NY: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
         1998, 374 p., ISBN: 0-7645-5080-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-5080-5, LC: 98-85428, UPC: 9-780764-550805
         (includes a 12 track CD, "Blues For Dummies", Universal City, CA: Universal Music Special Products, Inc., 1998, MS-37220, Part #R511)
         781.643092 Bro (.F)

   C  

8. #ca - Charters, Samuel B.   {F} - cover scans
         "The Bluesmen: The Story and the Music of the Men Who Made the Blues"
         New York, NY: Oak Publications, London, U.K.: Music Sales Limited
         1967, 223 p., ISBN: 0-8256-0096-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-8256-0069-2, LC: 67-24017, UPC: ?
       781.643 - Cha (.F)

   D  

9. #ys - Dicaire. 1999, Dicaire. "Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century"   {A}

10. #yt 2002, Dicaire. "More Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century"   {A}

    G  

11. #ce - Guralnick, Peter   {A}{{F} - cover scans
          "The Listeners' Guide to the Blues"
          New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc. / A Quarto Book: Quarto Marketing Ltdf.
          1982, 137 p., ISBN: 0-87196-567-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-87196-567-7, LC: 81-9812, no UPC
        782.421643 - Gur (.F)

    H  

12. #gd - Hadley, Frank-John.   {A}{I} - cover scans
          "The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD"
          Foreword: Nat Hentoff, New York, NY: Grove Press
          1993, 311 p., ISBN: 0-8021-3328-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3328-1, LC: 93-17305, UPC: 9-780802-133281
        ML 156.4 - .B6 - H3 (.I)

13. #an - Harris, Sheldon   {A}{C}{F}{I} - cover scans
          "Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers"
          New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House
          1979, 775 p., ISBN: 0-87000-425-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-87000-425-4, LC: 78-27073, no UPC
        R - 780.92 - H316b (.C), 782.42164303 - Har (.F), R - ML 102 - .B6 - H3 (.I)

14. #vr - Harris, Sheldon   {A} - cover scans
          "Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers"
          New York, NY: A Da Capo Paperback
          1981, 776 p., ISBN: 0-306-80155-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80155-6, LC: 81-7873, UPC: 9-780306-801556
        "This Da Capo Press paperback edition of ... is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New Rochelle, N.Y. in 1979, supplemented by author emendations as of November, 1993."

15. #hf - Harrison, David   {A}{C} - cover scans
          "The World of Blues"
          Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., Foreword: B.B. King
          1993, 144 p., ISBN: 1-55521-935-7, ISBN-13: 978-1-55521-935-2, LC: ?, UPC: ?
        781.643 - H318w (.C)

16. #cy - Herzhaft, Gerard   {A}{C} - cover scans
          "Encyclopedia of the Blues, 1st ed."
          Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press
          1992, 513 p., ISBN: 1-55728-253-6, ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-253-8, LC: 92-7386, UPC: 9-781557-282538
        R - 781.643 - H582e (.C)

17. #4eo - Herzhaft, Gerard   {A} - cover scans
          "Encyclopedia of the Blues, 2nd ed."
          Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press
          1997, 300 p., ISBN: 1-55728-452-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-452-5, LC: 97-9674, UPC: 9-781557-284525

    L  

18. #7s - Larkin, Colin   {A} - cover scans
          "The Guinness Who's Who of Blues"
          Enfield, Middlesex, U.K.: Guinness Publishing Ltd.
          1993, 384 p., ISBN: 0-85112-725-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-85112-725-5, LC: ?, UPC: 9-780851-127255

19. #6y - Larkin, Colin - cover scans   {A}
          "The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues"
          London, U.K.: Virgin Books, in association with Muze UK Ltd.
          1998, 415 p., ISBN: 0-7535-0226-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-7535-0226-6, LC: ?, UPC: 9-780753-502266

20. #aw - Leadbitter, Mike   & Neil Slaven   {A}{F}{U} - cover scans
          "Blues Records: January 1943 to December 1966"
          London, U.K.: Hanover Books Ltd.
          1968, 381 p., ISBN: none, LC: 68-57795, no UPC
        R - 780.266 - Lea (.F)

    Related: "Blues and Gospel Records. 1902-1942", by John Godrich Robert M.W. Dixon {B}
        Storyville Publications and Co., 1969. 912 p., ISBN: 0-902391-00-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-902391-00-0, LC: ?

21. #8o - Leadbitter, Mike   & Neil Slaven   {A} - cover scans
          "Blues Records: 1943 to 1970: A Selective Discography Volume 1 A-K"
          London, U.K.: Record Information Services
          1987, 800 p., ISBN: 0-907872-07-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-907872-07-8, LC: 89-201048, UPC: ?

    "Blues Records: 1943 to 1970: A Selective Discography Volume 2 L-Z" by Leadbitter, Mike, Leslie Fancourt, and Paul Pelletier {B}
        Big Nickel Publications, 1995, 810 p. 0-907872-25-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-907872-25-2

    R  

22. #lm - Russell, Tony   {A} - cover scans
          "The Blues: from Robert Johnson to Robert Cray"
          New York, NY: Schirmer Books
          1997, 224 p., ISBN (paperback): 0-02-864886-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-864886-6, LC: 97-67479, UPC: 9-780028-648866
        ISBN (hardcover): 0-02-864862-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-864862-0

    S  

23. #bl - Scott, Frank and the Staff of Down Home Music.   {A}{C}{F}{I} - cover scans
          "The Down Home Guide to the Blues"
          Chicago, IL: A Cappella Books
          1991, 250 p., ISBN: 1-55652-130-8, ISBN-13: 978-1-55652-130-0, LC: 90-37638, UPC: 9-781556-521300
        781.643 - S425d (.C), 781.643 - Sco (.F), R - 781.643 - Sco (.F), R - ML 156.4 .B6 S26 (.I)

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