Rollin' and tumblin': the postwar blues guitarists - jas obrecht

Rollin & Tumblin journeys to the heart of Americas most beloved music.

It features interviews with dozens of world-famous bluesmen and profiles such historic figures a Lightnin Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Jimmie Reed, and Freddie King.

Opens with a sweeping history of blues guitar.

60 photos.

This is the most comprehensive and insightful study ever published on the pioneers of electric blues guitar - including the great Chicago, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, Texas and West Coast bluesmen.

Rollin and Tumblin offers extensive interviews with some of the worlds most famous blues guitarists, and poignant profiles of historical blues figures.

Following a sweeping portrait of blues guitar history, the book features such players as T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins and many more.