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I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
by Stephen Calt  Publisher Comments Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm...
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Blues People: Negro Music in White America
by Leroi Jones Publisher Comments "The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the...
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The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing about the Godfather of Soul
by Nelson George Publisher Comments Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown...
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Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle Wald Publisher Comments The untold story of the and#64258;amboyant musical prodigy Sister Rosetta Tharpe, America's and#64257;rst rock guitar diva Before "women in rock" became a catchphrase, Rosetta Tharpe proved that women could rock. Shout, Sister, Shout! is...
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Bad Woman Feeling Good : Blues and the Women Who Sing Them (05 Edition)
by Buzzy Jackson Publisher Comments AN EXCITING LINEAGE of women singers--originating with Ma Rainey and her protegee Bessie Smith--shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha...
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Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story
by Tony Glover Publisher Comments Blues with a Feeling explores the life, times, and musical creations of a founder of the Chicago Blues style. Little Walter revolutionized blues harmonica playing, and is generally recognized as the greatest innovator in modern blues. Beginning in the...
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I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul
by James Brown Publisher Comments From his humble roots, to his tremendous career, to the man he is today — the musical icon tells his story. James Brown has always been a fascinating, controversial figure. From his humble childhood in Georgia, he went on to change the face of...
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Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll
by Rick Coleman Publisher Comments Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of the twentieth century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as the genre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose records have sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it on the map with...
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The Blues Harmonica Kit
by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments Man, the blues are wailin'! And you could be the one blowing them. All you need is this handy Blues Harmonica Kit, which includes your very own mouth organ and an instructional booklet. In no time at all, you'll be capturing the sounds of the Mississippi...
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Journeyman's Road: Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner's Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York
by Adam Gussow Synopsis Journeyman's Road offers a bold new vision of where the blues have been in the course of the twentieth century and what they have become at the dawn of the new millennium: a world music rippling with postmodern contradictions. Author Adam Gussow brings a...
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Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues
by Chip Deffaa Publisher Comments ”Somebody has to pay the dues,” says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trail—the story of the performers’ music and also of their struggle against racism and...
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Beginning Blues Guitar: A Guide to the Essential Chords, Licks, Techniques and Concepts
by Dave Rubin Synopsis From B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitar has become a constant in the realm of American popular music. This book/CD teaches the concepts and techniques as fostered by these legendary bluesmen: 12-bar blues; major and...
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The Land Where the Blues Began
by Alan Lomax Publisher Comments Set in an era as harsh and fertile as Delta silt, The Land Where the Blues Began reveals how the river of African-American culture overtook its repressive banks — to give us R & B, soul, rock 'n' roll, and the only purely American art form, the...
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
by Peter Guralnickand Robert Santelli and Holly George-Warren and Christopher John Farley Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285)....
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I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters and Their Craft
by Lashonda Ka Barnett Publisher Comments In this often-fascinating, nostalgic, and thoroughly moving collection of 40 interviews, author LaShonda Barnett offers a rare glimpse into the careers of the world's prominent black women performing singers and songwriters. Making an unprecedented...
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Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll
by Rich Cohen Publisher Comments ON THE SOUTH SIDE of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants--one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi--met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it...
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Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues (African American Music in Culture)
by David Evans Publisher Comments This compilation of essays takes the study of the blues to a welcome new level. Distinguished scholars and well-established writers from such diverse backgrounds as musicology, anthropology, musicianship, and folklore join together to examine blues as...
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Escaping the Delta : Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues-with CD (04 Edition)
by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black...
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It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues
by Paul Myers Publisher Comments Long John Baldry is considered the father of the ‘60s British blues movement. Drawing on intimate anecdotes from Baldry's legendary friends, lovers, and peers, author Paul Myers uncovers the man behind the mythic persona. An entire generation of...
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Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture #8: Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues
by Roger Charles Wood Publisher Comments In the clubs, ballrooms, and barbecue joints of neighborhoods such as Third Ward, Frenchtown, Sunnyside, and Double Bayou, Houston's African American community birthed a vibrant and unique slice of the blues. Ranging from the down-home sounds of Lightnin'...
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