Blues literature

Hello,

i was wondering if anyone could recommend a book on blues licks and riffs.
I get a lot off this site and others but sometimes I practice at a girlfriends with no Internet connection, so need a traditional resource. There's so much out there I can't tell what's a good publication or not.

I've been playing for 6 months about 3 hours a day so I can handle quite a bit but nothing too advanced.

I've always thought a stickied thread of Recommended Reading would be nice. But maybe a closed one some motivated moderator might maintain so it's not a jumble of unsubstantiated posts.

I got a couple recently on blues licks, but haven't gotten to them yet. If you order online you can use Chapters or similar site and they sometimes have reviews that can help point you.

Maybe it would be a good time to practice what you've got committed to memory and then a little improv... It would also save you 15 or 20 bucks..


Here is break down of Hal Leonard blues book.. His books have been around for years..

From Hal Leonards web site..

http://www.halleonard.com

" The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Songs include: Boom Boom • Born Under a Bad Sign • Double Trouble • Killing Floor • Sweet Home Chicago • You Shook Me • and more. The CD includes 75 tracks for demo and play-along."

Hope this is of some help