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Crossroads : how the blues shaped rock 'n' roll (and rock saved the blues) by Milward, John

Table of Contents: “…Rare records and working musicians -- Chicago blues and the birth of folk-blues -- Bohemian blues and the folk revival -- British blues -- Out of the past -- University of Chicago blues -- Ballroom blues -- Out of the past and into the present -- The cream of (mostly) British blues -- Baby boom blues -- Rockin' the blues -- Stoned blues -- Exiles on star street -- Fathers, mothers, and sons -- Texas (rock star) blues -- Sweet home Chicago -- Further on up the road.…”
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How Britain got the blues : the transmission and reception of American blues style in the United Kingdom by Schwartz, Roberta Freund

Table of Contents: “…: the R & B boom of 1963-1965 -- Blues at the crossroads : the British blues revival part III, 1965-1970.…”
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Cross the water blues : African American music in Europe

Table of Contents: “…: originality in the composition of blues and British skiffle / Bob Groom -- The blues blueprint : the blues in the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin / Rupert Till -- "The blues is the truth" : the blues, modernity, and the British blues boom / Leighton Grist -- Lowland blues : the reception of African American blues and gospel music in the Netherlands / Guido van Rijn -- The blues in France / Robert Springer -- Cultural displacement, cultural creation : African American jazz musicians in Europe from Bechet to Braxton / Christopher G. …”
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