This is the most comprehensive and insightful study ever published on the pioneers of electric blues guitar ä including the great Chicago Mississippi Delta Louisiana Texas and West Coast bluesmen. ÊRollin' and Tumblin'Ê offers extensive interviews with some of the world's most famous blues guitarists and poignant profiles of historical blues figures. Following a sweeping portrait of blues guitar history the book features such players as T-Bone Walker Muddy Waters John Lee Hooker Lightnin' Hopkins and many more.