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GUEST,Mike Yates | Obit:Sam Charters, scholar of the blues 1929-2015 (11) | RE: Obit: Sam Charters - 'scholar of the blues' | 20 Mar 15 |
His book "Country Blues" was the first that I ever read on the subject. If one book can change a person's life (in this case mine) then this was the one. Unlike some other writers on the blues, Charters wrote with the ear of a poet and, as Robert Frost said, "that made all the difference". His recordings from West Africa also opened up a new world for me and, again, I cannot thank him enough. |