The history of the blues : [the roots, the music, the people from Charley Patton to Robert Cray]
| Format | Monograph |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1995 |
| Publisher | Hyperion |
| Format | Monograph |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| Copyright | 1995 |
| Pages / Font | viii, 309 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-7868-6052-9 (hb) |
| ISBN 10 | 0-7868-8124-0 (pbk) |
| Barcode | 9 780786 881246 (pbk) |
| Chapters | Introduction -- 1
ONE: Prehistory / The Kind Of Music In The South -- 9
TWO: The Blues As Such / No Such Thing As The Blues -- 55
Chapter 1: Coon Shouters and Titular Blues -- 57
Chapter 2: Blues Vaudevillans, Jug Bands, and Medicine Show Songsters -- 71
Chapter 3: Delta Transcendentalists, Texas Troubadours, and East Coast Fingerpickers -- 94
Chapter 4: Robert Johnson's Satanic Verses -- 124
Chapter 5: The Thirties and Forties: Rural, Urban, and Midway Between -- 134
Chapter 6: Leadbelly's Black Body -- 164
Chapter 7: Home Truths: Muddy, B.B., and the Last Race Labels -- 175
Chapter 8: Chuck and Elvis, Hands-on Preservationists, and Soul in the Biblical Sense -- 206
THREE: Blues Connotation / From Songsters to Soulsters -- 231
Epilogue: The Blues Takes a Holiday, the Blues Thumbs a Ride -- 253
Acknowledgments -- 257
Selected Discography -- 259
Bibliography -- 275
Blues Timeline -- 281
Index -- 295 Introduction -- 1
ONE: Prehistory / The Kind Of Music In The South -- 9
TWO: The Blues As Such / No Such Thing As The Blues -- 55
Chapter 1: Coon Shouters and Titular Blues -- 57
Chapter 2: Blues Vaudevillans, Jug Bands, and Medicine Show Songsters -- 71
Chapter 3: Delta Transcendentalists, Texas Troubadours, and East Coast Fingerpickers -- 94
Chapter 4: Robert Johnson's Satanic Verses -- 124
Chapter 5: The Thirties and Forties: Rural, Urban, and Midway Between -- 134
Chapter 6: Leadbelly's Black Body -- 164
Chapter 7: Home Truths: Muddy, B.B., and the Last Race Labels -- 175
Chapter 8: Chuck and Elvis, Hands-on Preservationists, and Soul in the Biblical Sense -- 206
THREE: Blues Connotation / From Songsters to Soulsters -- 231
Epilogue: The Blues Takes a Holiday, the Blues Thumbs a Ride -- 253
Acknowledgments -- 257
Selected Discography -- 259
Bibliography -- 275
Blues Timeline -- 281
Index -- 295 Show all ▾ |