Early Blues Songbook

Rating:
Summary: For enthusiasts
Review: Just under 80 early blues songs are in this book, as is a lavishly illustrated (the photos are black and white, but still wonderful) introduction to the blues. It's obvious that this has been cobbled together from a few different sources, but anyone after fastidious consistency in a book of blues songs is a bit odd.

There are a few songs here that don't seem to be many other places, and the piano arrangements are, for the most part, simple and ready for ornamentation and adaptation to other instruments. Worth getting if you're a blues fan.