The popularity of the American musical form is illustrated in an account of its origins and development that emphasizes its relation to the lives and culture of black performers[...]

Samuel Charters belongs to a small group of writers about music whose work has transformed their -subject-without his discoveries, insights and interventions, the history of blues over the past 50 years would have been very different. This book is a -collection of his writings from 1954 to 2004.Samu[...]