R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

• Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781613122525
• Topic: Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
• Subtopic: Música jazz

Anyone who knows R. Crumbs work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, aDocka? Boggs, aJelly Rolla? Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumbs Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.

BLUES, JAZZ

&

COUNTRY

HEROES OF

BLUES, JAZZ

&

COUNTRY

HEROES OF

ILLUSTRATED BY

R. CRUMB

TEXT BY

STEPHEN CALT,

DAVID JASEN,

AND

RICHARD NEVINS

INTRODUCTION BY

TERRY ZWIGOFF

ABRAMS, NEW YORK

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION BY TERRY ZWIGOFF

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

9

HEROES OF THE BLUES

WILLIAM MOORE

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

16

PEG LEG HOWELL

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

18

CLIFFORD GIBSON

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

20

BLIND BLAKE

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

22

FRANK STOKES

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

24

JAYBIRD COLEMAN

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

26

BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

28

LEROY CARR AND SCRAPPER BLACKWELL

• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

30

BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...