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Language-Of-The-Blues.Pdf ` ` Ebook published February 1, 2012 by Guitar International Group, LLC Editors: Rick Landers and Matt Warnock Cover Design: Debra Devi Originally published January 1, 2006 by Billboard Books Executive Editor: Bob Nirkind Editor: Meryl Greenblatt Design: Cooley Design Lab Production Manager: Harold Campbell Copyright (c) 2006 by Debra Devi Cover photograph of B.B. King by Dick Waterman courtesy Dick Waterman Music Photography Author photograph by Matt Warnock Additional photographs by: Steve LaVere, courtesy Delta Haze Corporation Joseph A. Rosen, courtesy Joseph A. Rosen Photography Sandy Schoenfeld, courtesy Howling Wolf Photos Mike Shea, courtesy Tritone Photography Toni Ann Mamary, courtesy Hubert Sumlin Blues Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material: 6DPXHO&KDUWHUV³7KH6RQJRI$OKDML)DEDOD.DQXWHK´H[FHUSWIURPThe Roots of the Blues by Samuel Charters, originally published: Boston: M. Boyars, 1981. Transaction Publishers: Excerpt from Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia by Roger Abrahams. Warner-7DPHUODQH3XEOLVKLQJ&RUSRUDWLRQ6NXOO0XVLF/\ULFIURP³,:DON2Q*XLOGed 6SOLQWHUV´E\0DF5HEHQQDFN Library of Congress Control Number: 2005924574 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means- graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage-and-retrieval systems- without the prior permission of the author. ` Guitar International Reston, Virginia ` Winner of the 2007 ASC AP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Book on Popular Music ³:KDWDJUHDWUHVRXUFH«DVfascinating as it is informative. Debra's passion for the blues VKLQHVWKURXJK´ ±Bonnie Raitt ³(YHU\EOXHVJXLWDULVWQHHGVWRNQRZWKHLUEOXHVKLVWRU\DQGZKHUHWKHEOXHVDUHFRPLQJ IURP'HEUD¶VERRNZLOOWHDFK\RXZKDW\RXUHDOO\QHHGWRNQRZ´± Joe Bonamassa ³7KLVLVDEHDXWLIXOERRN$IWHUKHDULQJµ+HOOKRXQGRQ0\7UDLO¶LQKLJKVFKRRO,ERXJKW every vintage blues record available at the time. Upon receiving The Language of the Blues I discovered my knowledge only scratched the surface. Debra Devi has written an LQYDOXDEOHUHIHUHQFHERRN$QGLW¶VDOVRJUHDWIXQWRUHDG´± Hal Willner ³'RQ¶WWKLQNWKDWThe Language of the Blues might read like a dictionary or reference ERRN7KHUH¶VQRSORWEXW\RXFDQRSHQLWXSDWUDQGRPDQGIDOOLQWRWKHZRUOGRI\RXU favorite Blues songs, and find out more about the lyrics than you would be guessing from FRQWH[W,OHDUQHGDORWPRUHDERXWWKH%OXHVPXVLF,DOUHDG\ORYHG´± Bob Margolin ³7KLVLVDERRNWKDWORYHUVRIPXVLFDQGMXVWSODLQROGORYHUVZLOOORYHWRKDYHLQWKHLU collections. 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The Los Angeles Times FDOOHGWKHUHVXOW³RQHRIWKHZLWWLHVWEDZGLHVWDQGPRVW fascinating dictionaries ever.´1DW+HQWRIIGHFODUHGThe Language of the Blues ³LQYDOXDEOH´LQWKHWall Street Journal, and Blues Revue QDPHGLW³DQHVVHQWLDOSXUFKDVH IRUVFKRODUVDQGIDQV´New York Times FROXPQLVW6KHOWRQ,YDQ\DGGHG³,I\RXKDYHDQ\ questions about songs, lyrics, musicians or events, chances are that you will find your DQVZHUVLQWKLVXQSDUDOOHOHGSXEOLFDWLRQ´ 'HYLFDOOVKHUERRNDQ³DQHFGRWDOGLFWLRQDU\´EHFDXVHLW¶VSDFNHGZLWKLQVLJKWIXO amusing and outrageous anecdotes from her interviews with blues greats. The Language of the Blues also includes photos - some rare and previously unpublished²of twenty-plus artists, and a remarkable foreword by Dr. John. ` About the Author Debra Devi is the singer/guitarist for the rock band DEVI. SKH¶VDFender Girl Rock Nation artist, and the first female guitarist to record for Guitar World¶V³/LFNRIWKH'D\´L3KRQH app. A former associate editor of Blues Revue magazine, she has also written for The Village Voice, Rolling Stone.com, Guitar World, Vintage Guitar, and Yoga Journal. 'HYL¶VGHEXWDOEXPGET FREE (True Nature Records/Redeye USA), has earned her comparisons to singers Sheryl Crow and PJ Harvey, and guitarists Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison. C L I C K H E R E F O R 1 FR E E D O W N L O A D 2)'(9,¶VG E T F RE E A L BU M ͞ĞďƌĂĞǀŝ is a supersonic fret-burner with a deep feel for the blues who writes hauntingly memorable ƐŽŶŐƐ͘͟JamBase Her compelling voice reminds us of Sheryl Crow & PJ Harvey, ǁŚŝůĞĞǀŝ͛ƐŐƵŝƚĂƌ playing reminds us of the incomparable Jimi Hendrix. Metal Hammer ͞ŶĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐĨƵƐŝŽŶ between the melodic finesse of Sheryl Crow and the rough rock energy of Queens of the Stone Age! 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