All Music Guide to the Blues
{{Short description|Nonfiction book on blues music}}
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| caption = The cover of the third edition of All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues.
| author = Vladimir Bogdanov
Chris Woodstra
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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| language = English
| series = All Music Guide to...
| subject = Blues
| genre = Non-fiction
Encyclopedic
Reference
| publisher = Backbeat Books
| release_date = April 2003 (3rd)
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| media_type = Paperback
| pages = 800
| isbn = 0-87930-736-6
| dewey= 016.781643/0266 21
| congress= ML156.4.B6 A45 2003
| oclc= 51389035
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All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues is a non-fiction, encyclopedic referencing of blues music compiled under the direction of All Media Guide.
Content
The book's third edition was released in April 2003 and was edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
The book's back cover touts that the book contains ratings for close to 9,000 album and 935 musician biographies. Artists are set up alphabetically and include some of the following: birth and death dates, classification (vocals, guitar, drums, etc.), a biography, a discography. The discography listings include a five star rating, the music label it was released on, and the date as well as possibly reviews of certain albums.
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues also includes 30 essays covering different styles of blues, along with "top lists" and extensive charts on the evolution and lineage of the blues.
See also
External links
- [http://www.backbeatbooks.com/?n=Jazz%20%26%20Blues&c=3&p=0879307366&s=E2AD228C-2B31-9CE1-36F46A82B5F2FB73 Listing at Backbeat Books.]
- [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_1_24/ai_73712460 All Music Guide to the Blues - Review - book review] by B. Lee Cooper
- [http://www.mnblues.com/review/2003/allmusicguide3rd-bk-cr.html Book review - All Music Guide to The Blues - 3rd Edition] by Craig Ruskey
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Category:Encyclopedias of music
Category:2003 non-fiction books
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