Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends and Stars
by Dan Aykroyd, Ben Manilla
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Author: Ben Manilla, Dan AykroydEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN: 0879308095
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Backbeat Books
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- ISBN13: 9780879308094
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Book Reviews of Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends and Stars
Book Review: Essential for your Blues bookshelf
Summary: 5 Stars
This neat little book has nothing to do with the Blues Brothers movies.
It has almost nothing to do with SNL or Dan Akroyd or the late and much missed John Belushi.
Dan Akroyd and John Belushi did a lot to support and re-popularize Blues music - and for that we are all forever in their debt. There are a lot of Blues fans today who would never have listened seriously to the Blues were it not for the Movies, SNL skits, and 'Briefcase full of Blues.' This book is part of Akroyd's ongoing love of the Blues.
If you've been listening to Blues music for a while, you probably need to start doing some reading. This is a great book, but it is not a 'first book' on the Blues. This book expects you to have some prior knowledge of the Blues music.
Dan Akroyd (in character as Elwood) interviews Bluesmen and musicians who 'take from the Blues.' and he lets them do the talking. His interview questions are those of a Blues Fan, which is neat. I found myself many times thinking 'he needs to ask this . . ' only to find him asking that very question on the next page.
The format is that these are interviews transcribed from radio show interviews. This is the only defect in the book - the interviews are far too short. Akroyd is a knowledgable and skilled interviewer, and I wish he could have done longer interviews. This book really needs to be about 500 pages long. Unfortunately, given the format of the radio show, this was not possible.
If you do not already know a little bit about the Blues, this book is a little bit inaccessible. The author expects that you have some prior knowledge. If you already know a little bit about it, this is a wonderful little book that belongs on the bookshelf of every Blues fan.
I loved the interviews with BB King, Koko Taylor, and John Lee Hooker alone justify buying this book. The Popa Chubby, Susan Tedeschi and Marcia Ball interviews are also really great.
By the way, if you're looking for a 'first Blues book,' I reccommend "Blues for Dummies" and "the Little Blues Book." They are both very easy and will give you a broad (if not deep) knowledge base on Blues music. Both are available on Amazon.
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