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Nothing but the blues : the music and the musicians / Lawrence Cohn... [et. al.].

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Abbeville Press, 1993.Description: 432 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1558592717 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.643/09 20
Contents:
Foreword / B. B. King -- Preface / Lawrence Cohn -- Workin' on the building: roots and influences / Samuel Charters -- Goin' up the country: blues in Texas and the deep south / David Evans -- Country girls, classic blues and vaudeville voices: women and the blues / Richard K. Spottiswood -- Holy blues: the gospel tradition / Mark A. Humphrey -- Bright lights, big city: urban blues / Mark A. Humphrey -- Truckin' my blues away: east coast Piedmont styles / Bruce Bastin -- A lighter shade of blue: white country blues / Charles Wolfe -- Don't leave me here: non-commercial blues, the field trips, 1924-60 / John H. Cowley -- Jump steady: the roots of R&B / Barry Pearson -- I once was lost but now I'm found: the blues revival of the 1960s / Jim O'Neil -- Standing at the crossroads: the blues today / Mary Katherine Aldin
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Discography: p. 410-413.

Bibliography: p. 414-416.

Foreword / B. B. King -- Preface / Lawrence Cohn -- Workin' on the building: roots and influences / Samuel Charters -- Goin' up the country: blues in Texas and the deep south / David Evans -- Country girls, classic blues and vaudeville voices: women and the blues / Richard K. Spottiswood -- Holy blues: the gospel tradition / Mark A. Humphrey -- Bright lights, big city: urban blues / Mark A. Humphrey -- Truckin' my blues away: east coast Piedmont styles / Bruce Bastin -- A lighter shade of blue: white country blues / Charles Wolfe -- Don't leave me here: non-commercial blues, the field trips, 1924-60 / John H. Cowley -- Jump steady: the roots of R&B / Barry Pearson -- I once was lost but now I'm found: the blues revival of the 1960s / Jim O'Neil -- Standing at the crossroads: the blues today / Mary Katherine Aldin

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