The Blues

Charting the history of the blues from its rural roots
in the American South, and focusing on the key
musicians and singers who brought it recognition
worldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and fully
illustrated account of the development of the blues. This
deceptively simple, 12-bar musical form has become the
common denominator that has driven the popular music of
the last hundred years. As John Lee Hooker put it: “The music
we play . . . that music is the roots. Rock music, everything else,
is like a branch on the same tree. It all comes from the Blues.”