blues - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Blues Boy: The Life and Music of B.B. King

Book by Sebastian Danchin; University Press of Mississippi, 1998

Subjects:

Blues Musicians--United States--Biography, King, B. B

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A richly detailed & balanced portrait of the "King of the Blues."
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Blues People: Negro Music in White America

Book by LeRoi Jones; William Morrow, 1963

Subjects:

African Americans, African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Blues (Music)--History And Criticism, Jazz--History And Criticism

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Blues People Negro Music in White America by LeRoi Jones...Publishing Co., Inc., for permission to quote from "Married Woman Blues," words and music by Joe Turner and White Keys Jackson...N.Y., for permission to quote from "How Long, How Long Blues," by LeRoy Carr , copyright MCMXXIX by Leeds Music Corporation...
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Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues

Book by Steve Cheseborough; University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism, Blues Musicians--Homes And Haunts--Guidebooks, Helena (Ark.)--Guidebooks, Memphis (Tenn.)--Guidebooks, Mississippi--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Arkansas--Helena--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Mississippi--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Tennessee--Memphis--Guidebooks

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Updated and expanded, this indispensable guidebook maps out the blues birthplaces, juke joints and crossroads of the Mississippi Delta.
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Blues: The Basics

Book by Dick Weissman; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism

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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a ...
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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a timeline relating significant social and historical events to developments in the blues. The book concludes with lists of key recordings, books, and videos.Blues: The Basics serves as an excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make blues an enduring and well-loved musical style.
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Virginia Piedmont Blues: The Lives and Art of Two Virginia Bluesmen

Book by Barry Lee Pearson; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990

Subjects:

Blues Musicians--Virginia--Biography, Cephas, John, Edwards, Archie--1918-

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Virginia Piedmont Blues Virginia Piedmont Blues The Lives and Art of Two Virginia Bluesmen Barry...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pearson, Barry Lee . Virginia Piedmont blues: the lives and art of two Virginia bluesmen / Barry Lee Pearson...

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Signifying the Blues

Journal article by Robert Switzer; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2001

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Heidegger, Martin--Criticism and interpretation, Literary themes, Poetry--Themes, motives, Poets--Criticism and interpretation

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Signifying the Blues. by Robert Switzer Pain gives...Heidegger, "The Thinker as Poet" The blues is a feeling--something out there, that...can come "falling down like rain." The blues is also music, striking for its simplicity...
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Appalachian Blues

Journal article by Barry Lee Pearson; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 23, 2003

Subjects:

African American music--Criticism and interpretation, African American music--History, African American music--Social aspects, African Americans--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--History, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Social aspects, Appalachian region--History, Appalachian region--Social aspects, Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Blues (Music)--History, Blues (Music)--Social aspects

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Appalachian Blues. by Barry Lee Pearson By sheer...Senate designated 2003 "The Year of the Blues." Whatever the value of such congressional...opportune historical moment to consider the blues tradition in Appalachia. Appalachian blues...
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The Three Doc(k)s: White Blues in Appalachia

Journal article by William E. Lightfoot; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 23, 2003

Subjects:

African American music--Criticism and interpretation, African American music--Influence, African American music--Social aspects, African Americans--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--Influence, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Social aspects, Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Blues (Music)--Social aspects

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The Three Doc(k)s: White Blues in Appalachia. by William E. Lightfoot...Carter Familys recording of "Coal Miners Blues," folklorist Archie Green (1961, 231) asked an important question: "How did the blues penetrate the Southern Highlands and...
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Musical Innovation in the Blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson

Journal article by David Evans; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 20, 2000

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jefferson, Blind Lemon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Musical innovation in the blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson. by David...first popular star of folk (or "country") blues. His rivals for this distinction (i.e...easily into the model of a folk/country-blues singer-guitarist. Nevertheless, some...
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"Make My Getaway": The Blues Lives of Black Minstrels in W. C. Handy's Father of the Blues

Journal article by Adam Gussow; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

African American musicians--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blues (Music)--History, Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Father of the Blues (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Handy, W.C.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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"Make My Getaway": The Blues Lives of Black Minstrels in W. C. Handys Father of the Blues by Adam Gussow "The St. Louis Blues," observed Langston Hughes in the summer of 1941, "is sung more than any other song on the air waves, is known...

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The Blues Artist as Cultural Rebel

Magazine article by Stephen T. Asma; The Humanist, Vol. 57, July 1997

Subjects:

African American music, African Americans, Blues (Music)--Public opinion, Gospel music--Public opinion, Music

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The Blues Artist as Cultural Rebel. by Stephen...as gospel and the secular music known as blues is philosophically illuminating. Man, gifted...temptation of making money as a "wicked blues composer versus the consecrated but starving...
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Hollow Rock & the Lost Blues Connection

Magazine article by Martha Bayles; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Summer 1993

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rock groups--Appreciation, Rock music--Portrayals, depictions, etc., United States--Music

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Hollow rock the lost blues connection by Martha Bayles...misunderstood, and then lost touch with, the rich blues tradition. People used to tap their...music we relish, whether jazz, swing, blues, rhythm and blues, or rock n roll. "Turn...
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Are Blacks Giving Away the Blues? White Fans Keep the Music and Its Artists Going Strong

Magazine article by Charles Whitaker; Ebony, Vol. 45, October 1990

Subjects:

African Americans--Music, Blues (Music)--Social aspects, Fans (Persons)--Social aspects

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Are Blacks giving away the blues? White fans keep the music and its artists...engineering - resounds with the gutsy wails of blues master B.B. King. In this citadel of...the leaving that are mainstays of the blues idiom. Upscale Whites, like the ones...
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Blues with an Altitude

Magazine article by Mike Ceaser; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, July 2001

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Bolivia, Blues musicians--Evaluation, Bolivia--Music, Parodi, Pedro--Evaluation

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Blues with an Altitude by Mike Ceaser AMERICAN BLUES is traditionally considered southern music, but few associate...Aires native Pedro Parodi, who has spent his life bringing blues rhythms to the land of the Southern Cross. Parodi, who...
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Blues Elixir

Magazine article by Chris Jones; American Theatre, Vol. 14, January 1997

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Dramatists--Works, Glover, Keith--Works, Thunder Knocking on the Door (Theater)--Production and direction

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Blues elixir by Chris Jones During the premiere run...Door at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival last fall, a local blues band approached the Festival and offered to play a pre-curtain...Coming of the Hurricane. Now, at the hardly ripe age of 30, blues-lover Glover suddenly seems to have more gigs than B. B...

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Dad Alan's Blues Magazine Wins Top Music Award

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), December 4, 2006

Subjects:

Blues Foundation, Erotic periodicals--Achievements and awards, Music industry--Achievements and awards, Publishing industry--Achievements and awards, Sex oriented periodicals--Achievements and awards

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Dad Alans Blues Magazine Wins Top Music Award. Byline...Wales Echo A magazine founded by a lone blues fan with pounds 800 has won one of the genres...former civil servant Alan Pearce, 55, runs Blues Matters! from the garage of his Bridgend...
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Success, of Sorts? Hawks Play 'Best Game' of Season but Lose to Blues

Newspaper article by Tim Sassone; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 12, 2005

Subjects:

St. Louis Blues

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Hawks Play Best Game of Season but Lose to Blues. by Tim Sassone Byline: Tim...Tuesday night. By losing 4-1 to the St. Louis Blues at Savvis Center, the Hawks dropped to 1...lot," said Yawney, whose team outshot the Blues 33-23 but couldnt climb out of an early...
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Conroy Doesn't Have Blues in Calgary

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 1, 2004

Subjects:

St. Louis Blues

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Conroy Doesnt Have Blues in Calgary. Byline: David Elfin...CALGARY, Alberta - When the St. Louis Blues, a perennial playoff team, traded 29-year-old...beat us won the Cup," said Conroy, whose Blues lost to eventual champions Detroit in 1997...
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'Blues': PBS Embalms a Living Tradition; Scorsese Assembles Visions from 7 Filmmakers

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 26, 2003

Subjects:

Scorsese, Martin

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Blues: PBS embalms a living tradition; Scorsese assembles visions from 7 filmmakers...WASHINGTON TIMES It has been 100 years since jazzman W.C. Handy first set down a blues song on published parchment and now, in commemoration of the "Year of the Blues," comes a multimedia onslaught - a slew of blues CD reissues, a public radio campaign...
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Blues in the 'Burbs Jake and Elwood Go Mainstream in Mount Prospect Bar

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 23, 2007

Subjects:

Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Blues in the Burbs Jake and Elwood Go Mainstream in Mount Prospect Bar. Byline: Greg Walker Beep Contributing Writer Blues Bar Where: 2 W. Busse Ave., Mount Prospect Hours: 11 a.m. ...2 a.m. Friday- Saturday 1 Phone:(847) 788-9977 Web site: blues-bar.com A blues bar, in the suburbs? An actual blues bar...

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Blues and Greens

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BLUES AND GREENS political factions in the Byzantine Empire in the 6th cent. They took their names from two of the four colors...Their clashes were intensified by religious differences. The Greens represented Monophysitism and the lower classes; the Blues, orthodoxy and the upper classes. In 532 the two factions joined in the Nika revolt against Emperor Justinian I and Empress...
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Blues

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BLUES see jazz . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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King, B. B

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...KING, B. B. 1925 , African-American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Indianola...Memphis. King came to prominence as a blues guitarist in 1952 with his chart-topping recording of "Three Oclock Blues." Known as the "Beale Street Blues Boy...
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Johnson, Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...JOHNSON, ROBERT 1911 38, African-American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Hazelhurst...guitar technique combined in a classic blues sound, plaintive and lonely. The vagaries...by others or himself, e.g., "Terraplane Blues" and "Hellhound on My Trail." In San Antonio...
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Hooker, John Lee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...HOOKER, JOHN LEE 1917 2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale...cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various visiting...made his first recording, the rhythm-and-blues hit "Boogie Chillun" in 1948. Accompanying...

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