"Rollin' & Tumblin'" journeys to the heart of America's 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 world's 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.