O'Neal, Jim and Van Singel, Amy, eds.: The Voice of the Blues - Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine

The Voice of the Blues - Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine, Jim O'Neal and Amy Van Singel, eds.

Published: 2002 Routledge, 427 pages
ISBN 0-415-93654-3
(paperback edition)

A book of lengthy interviews originally published in Living Blues magazine, collected by the editors of the magazine. While not devoted to country blues, almost everything will be of interest here. The first three interviews with Georgia Tom Dorsey, Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon, and Houston Stackhouse alone make the book worthwhile, and remaining interviews include T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Boyd, Little Walter and Louis Myers, Jimmy Reed, Freddie King, Esther Phillips and Little Milton. Includes black and white photos and an index.

Pros: Look at the list of interviews.

Cons: None