Story of the Blues

This series of book and compact disc packages offers informative and enjoyable histories of many diverse genres of music in a beautifully compact format. Readers will be able to listen to some of the greatest songs ever recorded as they read about the musicians who made them. Each packages includes: The blues, one of the oldest forms of popular music, began in the Mississippi Delta. Soon spreading to northern cities, the blues eventually became one of the main ingredients in the formulation of today's popular music: rock and roll. The Story of the Blues tracks the evolution of the blues from Charlie Patton to B. B. King.Bekker, Peter O. E., Jr. is the author of 'Story of the Blues' with ISBN 9781567995350 and ISBN 1567995357.