How Britain got the blues : the transmission and reception of American blues style in the United Kingdom / Roberta Freund Schwartz.

This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Roberta Freund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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