Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. If you’re drooling at the back cover’s pictures of rather tasty blues LPs and expecting more inside, stop right there. This is a book for research and for feeding an obsession, not for looking at. It’s nothing but lists.
But if you’re looking for session information, it’ll be here. This is an American-style discography; the artists’ work is arranged by session and the release it appeared on is listed by catalogue number. The authors admit that the people they’ve admitted and excluded could be contentious: most white bluesmen are kept out except as sidemen (sorry Eric), and the “official” bootlegs you might own aren’t always listed. But if you’re that into the music, and especially if you’ve devoured the first volume, then you’ll consider this book, only available online, from EyeballProductions.com, a lot of money well spent.
