This is a book I’d always wanted to read but could never find. So I published it. I grew up listening to the British invasion bands who consciously modeled themselves on American blues, and only later got to hear the original artists whose music became suddenly accessible to a whole new audience and generation. John is a musician and rock critic who tells the story of these shifting crosscurrents beautifully, and peppers the biographies of a dozen artists with perfect little moments of storytelling. Kind of like the Blues.

by John Milward

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illustrations by Margie Greve

Crossroads:

How the Blues Shaped

Rock ‘n Roll

(and Rock Saved the Blues)