A biography of the rap superstar discusses Hammer's humble beginnings in the ghettos of Oakland, California, his rise to stardom, his relationship with other rappers, and more. Original.

Hammertime

Arts & Photography

Hildebrand, Lee

Music

Avon/Books

The newest volume in the Billboard Hitmakers series features profiles of the most influential artists in black music. It is the ultimate encyclopedia of the singers, writers, and bandleaders who were at the forefront of this universally popular musical movement. 100 photos.

Stars of Soul and Rhythm & Blues: Top Recording Artists and Showstopping Performers, from Memphis and Motown to Now (Billboard Hitmakers)

Biographies & Memoirs

Watson-Guptill Pubns

Colors and Chords: The Art of Johnny Otis

Individual Artists

Pomegranate

In this unique and fascinating book photographer Michelle Vignes creates a portrait of the Blues scene in the San Francisco Bay Area and shows a side of the music world that is seldom brought into public view. As Lee Hildebrand explains in the introduction, "Unlike the better known Chicago variety, which came north from Mississippi, [Bay Area] blues is rooted in the African-American musical traditions of Texas and Louisiana". It is known for its slow beat and mournful sound. Over the course of three years in the early 1980s, Vignes took her camera and followed that sound to blues clubs in Oakland, San Francisco and Berkeley, as well as to outdoor festivals and the homes and churches of musicians, customers and club employees. Taking her time, she got to know the musicians and customers first and snapped photographs later. The result is a series of deeply evocative black-and-white photographs covering an amazing cross section of Northern California blues men and women, some legendary, others little known, plus several international figures who were touring in the area. Included here are Vignes's photographs of Lowell Fulson, Johnny B. Good, Sonny Rhodes, Cool Papa, J. J. Malone, Troyce Key, Beverly Stovall, Jimmy McCracklin, Willie Dixon, Albert King, Maxine Howard, John Lee Hooker, Dottie Ivory, Maurice McKinnies, Buddy Ace and many others. Together Vignes's remarkable images and Lee Hildebrand's informative and engaging text make this book a noteworthy guide to the players, patrons and places of Bay Area blues.

Bay Area Blues

Vignes, Michelle

A companion to Lee Tanner's top-selling "Images of Jazz", here is an insightful narrative with candid quotations chronicling dozens of the world's most celebrated blues musicians and singers.

Images of the Blues

Tanner, Laura E.

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