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R. Crumb Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country Hardcover – 6 Oct. 2006

by Robert Crumb (Author), Steven Colt (Author), David A. Jasen (Author)
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For over three decades R. Crumb has shocked, entertained, titillated and challenged the imaginations (and the inhibitions) of comics fans the world over. The acknowledged father of "underground comix," Crumb is the single greatest influence on the alternative comics of today. The three companion sets of trading cards - Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music - have all been sought by collectors. Although, they were rereleased in print as individual card sets, this is the first time they are being published together in book form. A biography of each musician is provided, along with a full colour original illustration by underground cartoonist and music historian R. Crumb.
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    6 Oct. 2006
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    18.1 x 2.54 x 18.1 cm
  8. Print length
    240 pages
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One of the music - and art - books of the year.
-- The Observer Review

Balm to both the eye and the ear...The accompanying CD will knock
the reader's proverbial socks off.
-- Independent on Sunday, December 17, 2006

This beautifully bound volume will drive readers through the
accompanying CD and into the still waiting arms of the Yazoo and Country
record labels, where much of this wonderful music can still be found.
-- The Wire, May 2007

About the Author

R. Crumb is the leading cartoonist in the American "underground comix" movement. He is the creator of Mr. Natural, the iconic "Keep on Truckin" T-shirt image, and Fritz the Cat. His book The R. Crumb Handbook was a Booksense bestseller. He lives in France. Terry Zwigoff is the award-winning director of the documentary Crumb. Stephen Calt, the author of two acclaimed musical biographies. David Jasen is the director of the Popular Music Archive at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abrams; 1st edition (6 Oct. 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810930862
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810930865
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.1 x 2.54 x 18.1 cm
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    Born in Philadelphia, R. Crumb is the author of numerous comic works and one of the pioneers of underground comics. His books include Kafka, The Complete Crumb Comics (17 volumes), The R. Crumb Sketchbook (10 volumes), R. Crumb Draws the Blues, The Book of Mr. Natural, The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, and many more. He lives in the south of France with his wife, the artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the illustrations fantastic, superb, and useful. They appreciate the reproduced trading cards and the music on the CD. Readers also mention that the book comes with a CD for added value. They describe the music as earthy and completely encapsulates the history of Jazz, Blues, and Country Music. Overall, customers say the book is worth the buy and provides fantastic value for money.

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Customers find the illustrations fantastic, superb, and useful. They say they're pleased with the reproduced trading cards and music on the CD.

"...The pen-pictures of the artists and brief and useful and the illustrations are a joy...." Read more

"Quality book with fantastic illustrations and right ups of some of the great Blues , Jazz and Country artists from the past. Free CD included." Read more

"Superb quality book, beautifully illustrated with very interesting CD." Read more

"This is fabulous. Not only is it fantastically illustrated by Robert Crumb, but it also includes a 21-track CD to boot...." Read more

5 customers mention ‘Cd included’5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the CD included. They mention it adds value and is as good as expected.

"...To put the cherry on top, there's a very worthwhile CD sampler included." Read more

"...Free CD included." Read more

"...Very informative and entertaining book. Comes with a CD for added value topping off this book as a great choice for anyone interested in the artist..." Read more

"...R.Crumb superb style, the printing quality is excellent as is the free CD and best of all it comes at a bargain price !" Read more

5 customers mention ‘Music’5 positive0 negative

Customers find the music in the book and CD to be earthy. They say it completely encapsulates the history of jazz, blues, and country music.

"...book with fantastic illustrations and right ups of some of the great Blues , Jazz and Country artists from the past. Free CD included." Read more

"Big Crumb fan here and this is a lovely book and CD - earthy music and worth the buy IMO" Read more

"Sme really good tunes on it but also some stuff tt I found a bit boring and of poor quality" Read more

"R. Crumb has captured and completely encapsulated the history of Jazz, Blues and Country Music by putting flesh and blood into the sometimes flat..." Read more

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Customers find the book fantastic and worth buying.

"...Crumb fan here and this is a lovely book and CD - earthy music and worth the buy IMO" Read more

"...is excellent as is the free CD and best of all it comes at a bargain price !" Read more

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Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and honest
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2021
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I say "honest" because it is as it seems. For a pocket-sized book to be an anthology of the pioneers of THREE genres of American music it needs to spread its butter pretty thin or else to be quite selective. In fact it does both and still manage to get away with it. The pen-pictures of the artists and brief and useful and the illustrations are a joy.
To put the cherry on top, there's a very worthwhile CD sampler included.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Crumb quality
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2024
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Quality book with fantastic illustrations and right ups of some of the great Blues , Jazz and Country artists from the past. Free CD included.
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Paul Mc Carthy
5.0 out of 5 stars Crumb Fan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2022
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Big Crumb fan here and this is a lovely book and CD - earthy music and worth the buy IMO
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Terry
4.0 out of 5 stars Just as described
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2013
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Sme really good tunes on it but also some stuff tt I found a bit boring and of poor quality
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Onizone
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius of Drawing celebrates his music heroes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2022
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Superb quality book, beautifully illustrated with very interesting CD.
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Matthew Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2016
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Bought as a gift for a music teacher with jazz and blues interests.

Very informative and entertaining book. Comes with a CD for added value topping off this book as a great choice for anyone interested in the artist roots of jazz and blues.
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Susie Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Crumbs illustrated heroes of blues, jazz and country
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2012
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This is fabulous. Not only is it fantastically illustrated by Robert Crumb, but it also includes a 21-track CD to boot. I have now bought about half a dozen copies of this book as birthday and Christmas presents and everyone has been delighted with it. Brilliant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars JAZZ, COUNTRY AND BLUES GREATS RESURRECTED
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2013
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R. Crumb has captured and completely encapsulated the history of Jazz, Blues and Country Music by putting flesh and blood into the sometimes flat and haunting ephemeral black and white photographic images of the early purveyors of American Folk Music, while still conveying the pain which helped generate its lasting input to the World Heritage.
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RobbH
5.0 out of 5 stars Great images and helpful capsule biographies. Good introductory CD.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 September 2024
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My only complaint, and it's a very faint one, is that the CD could do with a little more discographical information. The notes say all tracks are from 1927-1931, but two of them appear to be from 1923 and one from 1926. (It's possible these are later re-recordings by the original artist, but that does not appear to be likely.) On my copy, one track is one incorrectly credited. This is what I have found for recording dates:

01 - Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again - 1929
02 - Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues - 1928
03 - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues - 1928
04 - Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 1931
05 - Jaybird Coleman - River Of Jordan - 1927
06 - Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1 - 1930
07 - Frank Stokes - I Got Mine - 1928
08 - Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby - 1927
09 - Shelor Family - Big Bend Gal - 1927
10 - Hayes Shepherd - The Peddler And His Wife - 1930
11 - Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers - Little Rabbit - 1931
12 - Burnet & Rutherford - All Night Long Blues - 1928
13 - East Texas Serenaders - Mineola Rag - 1930
14 - Weems String Band - Greenback Dollar - 1928
15 - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Kater St. Rag - 1926
16 - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Sobbin' Blues - 1923
17 - Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators - Mojo Strut - 1926
18 - Frankie Franko & His Louisianians - Somebody Stole My Gal - 1931
19 - Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues - 1923
20 - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Kansas City Stomps - 1929
21 - Jimmy Noone - King Joe - 1928 - not on CD, but listed as track 21
- Bix Beiderbecke - From Monday On - 1928 - actual track 21, listed as "King Joe" by Jimmy Noone
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Leo M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnífico!
Reviewed in Brazil on 19 April 2022
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R. Crumb e seus heróis da música!
Um livro (que é uma compilação) simplesmente magnífico e um ótimo guia para conhecer artistas do Blues, Jazz e Country dos anos 20 e 30.
Super recomendado!!
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lickshots
5.0 out of 5 stars top
Reviewed in Germany on 26 April 2023
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all good , thanx
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Eclectic Sounds
5.0 out of 5 stars R. Crumb's | Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Reviewed in Mexico on 8 February 2019
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¡Magnífico Material!
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Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars Per gli amanti di Crumb della musica
Reviewed in Italy on 5 October 2019
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Questo volume contiene ritratti originariamente realizzati all'inizio degli anni '80 da Robert Crumb per tre set di carte collezionatili. I ritratti mostrano musicisti americani attivi nel periodo precedente alla seconda guerra mondiale e sono basati su foto reali. Ciascuno dei 114 musicisti viene ritratto da Crumb, grande appassionato di musica americana del passato, con grande entusiasmo e per ciascuno viene fornita una breve descrizione. Ciliegina sulla torta: un CD contenente una selezione di 21 brani di alcuni dei soggetti ritratti. Per chi ama Crumb e/o il Blues, country e Jazz delle origini, questo volume è sicuramente una chicca!
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