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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Oliver |
ISBN: | 046500881X 9780465008810 0465019897 9780465019892 |
OCLC Number: | 635377261 |
Description: | 1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations, map |
Contents: | Seeking seculars -- Travelin' men -- Songsters of the south -- Long lonesome blues -- Women's trouble blues -- Country breakdown -- Times tight like that -- On the road again -- Second thoughts on seculars -- Locke's questions -- Coda : Post proto-blues. |
Abstract:
A pioneering scholar of the blues explores the folk traditions that predated and shaped this uniquely American music as we know it.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer "Detailed and deeply felt, Barrelhouse Blues is quite the education." Examiner.com "Oliver's research is deep and his opinions raise questions, but his is a fine book for any blues fan yearning to learn about its origins." Read more...
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