After conducting a Grounded Theory study, of over a thousand blues fans, industry professionals, and musicians, and analyzing the findings, Marie Trout, PhD, manager and wife of international blues rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Walter Trout, found that today’s blues fans (who are primarily white baby boomers) find musical enjoyment, respite, friendships, and generally feel encouraged, strengthened, and—yes find healing—through their love of blues music.

Providing context for these findings, Marie explores what historically readied this generation particularly for blues music and its subtle mood-enhancing, cathartic qualities. The book goes further by exploring these, almost mysterious, healing qualities of blues music.

Current blues fans often express their frustration with the culture they live in. Showing how blues today still acts as a universal gift from the base of humanity providing antidote to fast-paced, fragmented, and often superficial popular culture is a story told by blues audiences today. In this book, their voices are compiled, sorted, and highlighted through storytelling and analysis as another way of honoring the legacy of blues originators.

All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the HART Fund, established by The Blues Foundation for musicians and their families in financial need due to a broad range of health concerns. The fund provides acute, chronic and preventive medical care.

Reviews:

"What a monumental discourse into the mysteries and pleasures of the blues and a wonderful addition to one’s library." -John Mayall, "the Godfather of British Blues," Blues Hall of Fame inductee

"Incredible research unearthing things I never knew! Totally captivating." -Jim Gaines, multI-Grammy winning producer: Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker

"This book is the perfect read for the blues lover who wants to better understand his or her own connection to the music." -Barbara B. Newman, President, and CEO of the Blues Foundation

"This book is wildly, incredibly brilliant. I never knew why I loved the blues – and now I do. What a fabulous read." -Caroline Myss, New York Times bestselling author of Anatomy of the Spirit

Features:

Print Length: 360 page
Publisher: Yakkabiz Publishers; 1 edition (February 3, 2017)
Publication Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
ASIN: B01MS6VWB3

Walter Trout: The Blues - Why it Still Hurts So Bad by Marie B. Trout