| Description |
xvii, 191 pages ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Transcripts of radio programs originally broadcast 1956-1997. |
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Includes discography (pages 145-170) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Before the blues. Blues in retrospect ; Echoes of Africa ; Go down, old Hannah ; Old country stomp ; Ragtime millionaire ; Doctor medicine ; John Henry and the boll weevil ; Yonder comes the blues -- Blues, how do you do? Anticipatin' blues ; In the field ; Playing the boards ; Declassifying the classic blues ; Blues as an art form, part I : playing the blues ; The blues and black society ; Singing the blues ; Blues as an art form, part II : expressing the blues -- Meaning in the blues. Blues and trouble ; Down the dirt road ; Black cat's bone ; Tricks ain't walkin' no more ; Jail house moan ; Let's have a new deal ; High water everywhere ; This world is in a tangle ; Blues with a feeling ; Three ball blues -- Documenting the blues. Creating the documents ; Still to be documented. |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Blues (Music) |
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African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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Blues (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Social aspects. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
0415971764 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415971772 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780415971768 |
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9780415971775 |
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