It is a pleasure for us to publish this impressive work, unpublished in Spain, by the most important author of the underground comic. Anyone who knows Robert Crumb's work as an illustrator also knows about his passion for music, and all collectors of his work treasure the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats and Pioneers of the Country Music postcard series, created between the early and mid-1980s. Now, for the first time, they appear gathered in book format, along with an exclusive CD with 21 tracks chosen and compiled by Crumb himself (with original recordings by Charley Patton, Dock Boggs and Jerry Roll Morton, Carter Family among others). A brief biography of each musician is included, along with an original full-color illustration of Crumb.
This book is the particular homage of an icon of alternative culture to the music innovators who inspired him. My Heroes of Blues, Ja...read more
