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The Country Blues

First edition
Author	Samuel Charters
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Ethnomusicology
Publisher	Rinehart & Company
Publication date	1959
Media type	Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages	288 (reprint hardcover)

The Country Blues is a seminal book by Samuel Charters, published in 1959 and generally acknowledged as the first scholarly book-length study of country blues music.^{[citation needed]} An album of the same name was issued on Folkways Records as an accompaniment to provide examples of the artists and styles discussed. It was reprinted by Da Capo Press in 1975 with minor edits, and a new introduction by the author.

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