| Description |
1 online resource (x, 320 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
American made music series
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American made music series.
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| Contents |
Memphis Monday morning: 1945-1948 -- Loan me a helping hand: 1949-1952 -- Little boy blue: 1930-1945 -- Army blues: 1952-1954 -- Ain't it a good thing: 1955-1957 -- Dreamer: 1958-1960 -- Turn on your love light: 1961-1962 -- Stormy Monday blues: 1963-1964 -- Honky Tonk: 1965-1968 -- Touch of the blues: 1969-1972 -- Lead me on: 1973-1976 -- Getting' used to the blues: 1977-1984 -- Members only: 1985-1990 -- Walkin' & talkin' & singin' the blues: 1991-1992 -- Years of tears to go: 1993-1999 -- Funny how time slips away: 2000-2007 -- Farther up the road: 2008-. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-304) and index. |
| Summary |
Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Until now, his story has never been told in a book-length biography. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland relates how Bland, along with longtime friend B.B. King, and other members of the loosely knit group who called themselves the Beale Streeters, forged a new electrified blues style in Memphis in the early 1950s. Combining elements of Delta blues, southern gospel, big-band jazz, and country and western |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
This edition in English. |
| Subject |
Bland, Bobby.
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Bland, Bobby. |
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Singers -- United States -- Biography.
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Singers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians. |
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Blues musicians. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Blues. |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Farley, Charles, 1945- Soul of the man. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011 9781496800718 (DLC) 2010036218 |
| ISBN |
9781604739190 |
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1604739193 |
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9781496800718 ebook |
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1496800710 |
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9781604739190 cloth alkaline paper |
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1604739193 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781496828149 (paperback) |
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9781604739206 ebook |
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1604739207 ebook |
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1283014629 |
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9781283014625 |
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9786613014627 |
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6613014621 |
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