| Description |
xxxi, 235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: There's a riot goin' on -- Central Avenue breakdown -- Double crossing blues -- Willie and the hand jive -- Listen to the lambs -- All night long -- Play Misty for me -- The Watts breakaway -- Midnight at the Barrelhouse -- Acknowledgments -- Testimony: In praise of Johnny Otis. |
| Subject |
Otis, Johnny, 1921-2012.
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Otis, Johnny, 1921-2012. |
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Rhythm and blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Rhythm and blues musicians. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780816666782 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0816666784 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816666799 paperback alkaline paper |
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0816666792 paperback alkaline paper |
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