Listen To The Blues - Softcover

Cook, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306806487 ISBN 13: 9780306806483

Verlag: Da Capo Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Listen to the Blues is an engrossing account into the making of America's fundamental music and the men and women who created it on riverboats, in whorehouses, at country dances, and in medicine shows. With guitars and the melancholic power of their voices these musicians developed a unique form of music that contributed to jazz and served as the roots of rock. Bruce Cook writes vividly about the music, explaining its origins and evolution, the conflicts among blues scholars, the hardship and danger that marked the lives of professional bluesmen. Based on original interviews, Listen to the Blues is filled with profiles of people like Leadbelly, Mance Lipscomb, Skip James, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Son House, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King. With new photos and a new discography, this book is an astute, outstanding introduction to the impact and spirit of the blues.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Da Capo Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0306806487
• ISBN 13: 9780306806483
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 404
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