Blues: An Anthology (Applewood Books) Paperback – June 1, 2001

The history of the blues is part of American culture and enlivens the understanding of other genres. Handy was one talented musician and a superior businessman.

I love W C Handy Blues. this book is a nice collection that he edited, and it has most of my favorites of his own.

Must have for any WC Handy Fan!

I have to admit that when I received this book it wasn't everything I expected, but I take the full blame. I made assumptions and put it on my wishlist without really reading the description fully. I felt I didn't need to know anything more than that it had illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias and that it was by Handy.I expected more history and stories rather than actual songs with music, and I expected illustrations throughout.After receiving it I know now that it is mainly an anthology of songs, and the illustrations are limited to the introduction.This does nothing to diminish this book as a treasure in my eyes.Though the Covarubbias illustrations are much fewer than I'd imagined, they still make me breathless to look at them. Truly gorgeous. The music provided by W C Handy is itself history to me. It's just a beautiful book to own.