"This was really the first time that blues music, especially Chicago/urban blues, was showcased in this way. Sadly, the festivals were not recorded professionally. So Mr. Livingston's photos are the best record of the festivals." ---Michael Jewett, longtime weekday afternoon host of 89.1 Jazz and host of "Blues &amp; Some Uthuh Stuff" "The photos are works of art. It is great to see photos of musicians such as Buddy Guy and James Cotton looking so young and vibrant. And it is great to see photos of blues legends such as John Lee Hooker, Roosevelt Sykes, Howlin' Wolf, and Son House, who have long since passed away." ---Peter Madcat Ruth, Grammy-winning blues harmonica player "If Woodstock was one of the Fifty Moments That Changed Rock 'n' Roll History, as honored in Rolling Stone magazine, then the Ann Arbor Blues Festival was the coronation for the blues roots that sired rock to begin with. . . . finally we have this amazing book of Stanley Livingston's priceless images, along with Michael Erlewine's detailed chronology." ---From the foreword by Jim O'Neal, Cofounder, Living Blues Magazine In 1969 and 1970, the first Ann Arbor Blues Festivals brought together the greatest-ever selection of blues performers---an enormous blues party that seemed to feature every big name in the world of blues. The Ann Arbor Blues Festival was just that: a festival and celebration of city blues. It helped to mark the discovery of modern blues music (and the musicians who made that music) by a much larger audience. The festival, however, was something more than just a white audience discovering black music. Never before had such a far-reaching list of performers been assembled, including the grandfathers of southern country blues and the hottest electric bands from Chicago. These groundbreaking festivals were the seed that grew into the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, which was continued annually for many years. To name just a few of the dozens of artists who performed at the festival: Luther Allison, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Mama Thorton, T-Bone Walker, Sippie Wallace, Junior Wells, and Mighty Joe Young. Stanley Livingston, a professional photographer from Ann Arbor, captured these legendary performances onstage---as well as the goings-on backstage. Livingston's thousands of photographs from these festivals, previously unpublished and known only to a few, are among the finest candid blues shots ever taken. Together with editor and archivist Michael Erlewine's text accompaniments, these photographs, reproduced here as high-quality duotones, comprise a visual history and important keepsake for blues aficionados everywhere. Stanley Livingston was an award-winning photographer living and working in Ann Arbor until he passed away in 2010, after the book was released. Michael Erlewine, also from Ann Arbor, is a renowned archivist of popular culture and founder of the All-Music Guide (allmusic.com) and editor of a number of books on blues and jazz. Cover photo of B.B. King by Stanley Livingston

Blues in Black and White: The Landmark Ann Arbor Blues Festivals

Arts & Photography

Erlewine, Michael

Photography & Video

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL

The second volume of Astrophysics for Astrologers.

Astrophysical Directions

Amer Federation of Astrologers Inc

Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers

More than 14,000 sizzling recordings in all jazz styles are now identified in the third edition of this definitive, easy-to-use guide. 1378 pages, 6-1/8" x 9-1/4"

All Music Guide to Jazz: The Experts' Guide to the Best Jazz Recordings (All Music Guide to Jazz, 3rd ed)

Music

Miller Freeman Publications]

For blues aficionados everywhere, this is a complete guide to the uniquely American world of the blues. The roots of the blues can be found in the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta, but today its reach extends into all kinds of music including rock, jazz, country, soul, and more. The blues is everywhere, on CD reissues and box sets, in small clubs and concerts, in movies and on TV - indeed, the influence of the blues extends throughout popular culture. However, anyone who wants to really explore the blues can face a daunting task when visiting a music store these days. Most well-stocked shops have a decent selection of blues recordings. But there are dozens of Lightnin' Hopkins CDs available; which are the good ones? Which one do you buy first? This book will steer you straight to the best releases for every artist and compilation listed. You'll also see the occasional "buyer beware alert, " so that you don't get stuck with an inferior CD or tape. Designed for devoted blues lovers and newcomers alike, this book explores the blues from the Mississippi Delta to modern electric blues and everything in between. Special features include biographies of more than 560 blues artists and groups; reviews and ratings of the best recordings of each performer - more than 2,600 in all; historical essays and "music maps" charting the roots and evolution of the blues, its styles, instruments, key artists, and more; special section on exploring the blues influence in jazz; and blues resources, including book reviews, magazine listings, record companies, and mail-order sources.

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Experts' Guide to the Best Blues Recordings (2nd Ed)

Woodstra, Chris

Bogdanov, Vladimir

Koda, Cub

Backbeat Books

Tibet, often called the spiritual and physical "roof of the world" has been the source of great inspiration to Westerners for over two centuries. Is Tibetan astrology as profound as its spiritual teachings? Well-known astrologer Michael Erlewine has spent the last thirty years finding out, including two trips to Tibet and China, learning to read Tibetan along the way. Erlewine introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of Tibetan astrology, topics like the Five Elements, Twelve Animals, the 60-year Cycle, the 9 Magic Square, and the Eight Trigrams are covered. But there are dozens of other topics, including the Tibetan Calendar, Lunar Months and, Dharma Practice Days, 11 Karanas, 27 Lunar Mansions, 8 Directions, 8 Portents, 27 Yogas, Weekday Combinations, Travel Days, Bad Years, Lo-Khak, Shi-Shey, Thus-Sun, Tomb Signs, 24 Sectors, 28 Conjunctions, 15 Conjunctures, Ten Combinations, Vital Forces, 12 Nidanas, Geomancy... More. 642 pages, 400 illustrations. Chart interpretations.

Tibetan Astrology: The Astrology And Geomancy Of Tibet

Computers & Technology

Programming

StarTypes.com

StarTypes is life-path astrology, interpreting large-scale planetary patterns in the sky above and charting the dharma or life path of an individual and their primary relationship role down here on earth. You don't have to be an astrologer to understand this book. The astrology used here is graphic, an open window into who we are, why we are here, and what on earth we might be good for - our life purpose. This book is about finding your tribe, the particular group of individuals in this world that you belong to (and have always been) a part of. You have been looking for them and they have been looking to find you. This more true when it comes to finding your life partner, the one person you are meant to be closest to in this life. Finding just the right chemistry with another person is perhaps the main focus in StarTypes astrology, finding who you are and where on earth you might fit in and belong. It is not about learning a lot of astrology jargon. 753 pages, 230 illustrations.

Startypes: Life Path Partners: Compatibility Astrology

Astrologer Michael Erlewine pioneered deep-space astrology back in 1976 when he published "Astrophysical Directions." This updated version of that classic work contains all new illustrations and thousands of key stellar and deep-space points described and converted into easy-to-use astrological zodiac format. Read about any celestial object, see how to interpret it, and plug it into your own natal chart to see how it affects you. This book takes the reader from the surface of the earth itself and explains the basic astronomy of modern astrology. Erlewine then ventures beyond the earth to the near stars, the Local System of stars, and out to our Galaxy, local Supergalaxy, and beyond showing readers first how to understand and then interpret the vast number of celestial objects beyond Earth. Erlewine explains and catalogs these deep space points, objects like radio, infrared, and X-ray stars, Pulsars, Quasars, and Black Holes not to mention the fixed stars.

The Astrology Of Space: Astrophysical Directions

Tibetan Earth Lords: Tibetan Astrology And Geomancy

This 414-page book contains 360 Astro*Images, which are tarot-cards for astrology covering all of the traditional 3-way planetary combinations as used by professional astrologers. In addition to the Astro*Image cards are full written text interpretations by astrologer Michael Erlewine, which cover the meaning, relational concepts, keywords, and other information related to each combination. The 360 3-way combinations can be used to read any aspect pattern in the astrology chart. They can also be used to read "Planetary Pictures" and midpoint trees as developed by the German astrologers Alfred Witte and Reinhold Ebertin. This book is intended as a self-reading horoscope and guide to interpreting the many aspect patterns in natal horoscopes or charts. Also included is an introduction to finding and using aspect patterns in the natal chart. Jargon aside, this is a book for beginners and professionals alike, filled with lovely images and text.

Interpret Astrology: Three-Way Aspect Patterns

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