R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
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Illustrator: R. CrumbIntroduction: Terry Zwigoff
Contributor: Stephen Calt
Contributor: David Jasen
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-01
ISBN: 0810930862
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
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Book Review: Great music, great drawings, great value
Summary: 5 Stars
This excellent book and CD provides biographical information and sound recordings for numerous jazz, blues, and rural musicians from the early 78 rpm era.
The drawings alone in this book are worth far more than the asking price. Next, an interesting bio is provided for each group or performer.
Finally, the choice of recordings is excellent. And the book is hardcover.
The recording artists clearly have more pep and originality than today's recording stars. Lyrics are clever and the instrumental work is driving and enthusiastic.
Summary of R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
Anyone who knows R. Crumb's work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, "Dock" Boggs, "Jelly Roll" Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.Crumb, R. Books
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