| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
"The history of the blues is the companion volume to a three-part PBS series of the same name"--Intro. |
| Bibliography |
Discography: p. 259-273. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-[279]) and index. |
| Contents |
Coon shouters and titular blues -- Blues vaudevillians, jug bands, and medicine show songsters -- Delta transcendentalists, Texas troubadours, and East Coast fingerpickers -- Robert Johnson's satanic verses -- The thirties and forties: rural, urban, and midway between --Leadbelly's black body -- Home truths: Muddy, B.B., and the last race labels -- Chuck and Elvis, hands-on preservationists, and soul in the biblical sense -- Blues connotation/from songsters to soulsters. |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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| Added Title |
History of the blues (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0786860529 |
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0786881240 (pbk.) |
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