Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists - Softcover

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.

Obrecht, editor of Guitar Player Magazine, and several other blues scholars and journalists, join forces to present a collection of pieces that introduce readers to the people behind the blues music of the post-war period. Guitarists interviewed and discussed include Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, B.B. K