Selected bibliography
Books
- African American Historic Places/National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service / ed. by Beth L. Savage... New York NY, 1994
- Bacon, Tony: History of the American Guitar: 1833 to the Present Day. Milwaukee, 2012
- Belafonte, Harry, Shnaverson, Michael: My Song: A Memoir. New York City, 2011
- Bird, Christiane: The Da Capo Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide To the U.S.. Cambridge, 2001 (first publ. 1991)
- The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music/ed. by Nicholas Cook... Cambridge UK, 2009
- Charters, Samuel Barclay: The Country Blues. New York NY, 1975 (first publ. 1959)
- Charters, Samuel Barclay: The Blues Makers. New York NY, 1991 (first publ. as: The Bluesmen 1967 and: Sweet As the Showers Of Rain 1977)
- Dauer, Alfons Michael: Blues aus 100 Jahren: 43 Beispiele zur Typologie der vokalen Bluesformen. Frankfurt a. M, 1983
- Dixon, Robert M.W.: Blues & Gospel Records 1890-1943/ by Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich and Howard Rye. Fourth Edition, Oxford, 1997
- Du Bois, W.E.B: Sorrow Songs in: The Souls of Black Folk. Oxford, 2008 (first publ. 1903)
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music/compiled & edited by Colin Larkin. 3rd edition, London UK, 1998
- Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound/ed. by Frank Hoffmann. Routledge, 2004, rev. ed.
- Evans, David: Big Road Blues. New York NY, 1982
- Fancourt, Les. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1943-70. rev., 2nd ed. 2012
- Feather, Leonard. Gitler, Ira: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York NY, 1999
- The Folk Songs of Northern America in the English Language/Alan Lomax, melodies and guitar chords transcribed by Peggy Seeger. Garden City 1960
- Ford, Robert. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1971-2000. 2011
- Gissing, Werner: Mississippi Delta Blues: Formen und Texte von Robert Johnson (1911-1938). (Beiträge zur Jazzforschung. Studies in Jazz Research). Graz, 1986
- Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers. New York NY, 1991 (first publ. 1979)
- Hendler, Maximilian: Vorgeschichte des Jazz. Vom Aufbruch der Portugiesen zu Jelly Roll Morton. (Beiträge zur Jazzforschung. Studies in Jazz Research). Graz, 2008
- Herzhaft, Gérard: Enzyklopedia of the Blues. US, 1997 (first publ. as Encyclopedie du Blues, 1979)
- Jazz Records 1897-1942: Volume 1: Irving Aaronson to Abe Lyman/Brian Rust. 5th rev. and enlarged Ed.
- Kubik, Gerhard: Africa and the Blues. Jackson, 1999
- Leadbitter, Mike. Slaven, Neil: Blues Records 1943 to 1970. A Selective Discography. 2nd Ed. Volume One A to K. Record Information Services: London UK, 1987
- Leadbitter, Mike. Fancourt, Leslie. Pelletier, Paul: Blues Records 1943 to 1970. A Selective Discography. Volume Two L to Z. London UK, 1994
- Laird, Ross. Rust, Brian: Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934. Westport CT, 2004
- Meadows, Eddie S.: Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul Hip Hop and Rap: A Research and Information Guide. New York NY, 2010
- Morton, Jelly Roll/Alan Lomax: Mister Jelly Roll. The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and Inventor of Jazz. New York, 1950
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians/ed. by Stanley Sadie. New York, 2001
- Oliver, Paul: Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues. Philadelphia PA, 2009
- Palmer, Robert: Deep Blues. New York NY, 1981
- Reichert, Carl-Ludwig: Blues: Geschichten und Geschichte. München, 2001
- The Rough Guide to Jazz : The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums/Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestly. London UK, 2004
- Russell, Tony: Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004
- Schering, Arnold. Reinisch, Frank: Neue Tabellen zur Musikgeschichte. Wiesbaden u.a., 2003
- Slave Songs of the United States/William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKim Garrison. New York, 1867
- Southern, Eileen: The Music of Black Americans: A History. New York NY, 1997 (first publ. 1971)
- Strong Martin C.: The Great Folk Discography Volume 1: Pioneers & Early Legends. Edinburgh, 2010
- Wardlow, Gayle Dean: Chasin' That Devil Music: Searching for the Blues. San Francisco, 2008
- Wenzel, Haik; Häffner, Martin: Hohner-The Living Legend: Harmonicas and Accordions Around the World. PPVMedien, 2006
- Wyman, Bill; Havers, Richard: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey: A Journey To Music's Heart & Soul. London, 2001
Sheet Music
- Early Blues Songbook: a collection of early blues in words and music/Paul Oliver. Wise Publ., 1982
- Folk Blues: 113 amerikanische Folk Blues für Gesang, Klavier und Gitarre/Jerry Silverman. Mainz u.a., 1979
- The Folk Songs of Northern America in the English Language/Alan Lomax, melodies and guitar chords transcribed by Peggy Seeger. Garden City NY 1960
- Slave Songs of the United States/William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKim Garrison. New York, 1867
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