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Books on: blues musicians

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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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...1918- . 2. Cephas, John. 3. Blues musicians -- Virginia -- Biography. I...two of the Piedmonts greatest blues musicians, Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny...and easiest to digest. 6 Blues musicians may also have their own definitions...
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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 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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The World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards

Book by David Honeyboy Edwards, Janis Martinson, Michael Robert Frank; Chicago Review Press, 1997

Subjects:

Blues Musicians--United States--Biography, Edwards, Honeyboy

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This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy's stories of good friends Charlie Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Johnson are a godsend to blues fans. History buffs ...
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This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy's stories of good friends Charlie Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Johnson are a godsend to blues fans. History buffs will marvel at his unique perspective and firsthand accounts of the 1927 Mississippi River floo, vagrancy laws, makeshift courts in the back of seed stores, plantation life and the Depression.
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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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Journal Articles on: blues musicians

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Blues in the Round

Journal article by Edward Komura; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 17, 1997

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History, Blues musicians--History, House, Son--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Patton, Charlie--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...record-buying public. Blues musicians are not usually considered...counties and to the musicians face-to-face familiarity...regular local audiences, blues performing and listening...and Browns "M O Blues." After the musicians were paid,(29) they...
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Jimi Hendrix Deep within the Blues and Alive Onstage at Woodstock - 25 Years after Death

Journal article by David Henderson; African American Review, Vol. 29, 1995

Subjects:

Blues musicians--Biography, Hendrix, Jimi--Biography, Rock singers--Biography, Woodstock Festival, Woodstock, New York, 1969--Reports

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...program that the Mafia had killed him. Hendrix once said that rock n roll was simply blues. Perhaps if he had waxed more extendedly on that subject black musicians might have heard it. It took the Black Rock Coalition behind Vernon Reids band, Living...
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Sherman Alexie's Indigenous Blues

Journal article by Douglas Ford; MELUS, Vol. 27, 2002

Subjects:

Alexie, Sherman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blues musicians--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature--Themes, motives, Native American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Native Americans--Culture, Popular culture--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racially mixed people--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racially mixed people--Social aspects, Reservation Blues (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Sherman Alexies indigenous blues by Douglas Ford The blues speak histories that, from the conventional perspective...experiences of Africans in America. But invariably the blues exceed distinct, rigid cultural boundaries. Ralph Ellisons...
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The Wisdom of the Blues - Defining Blues as the True Facts of Life: An Interview with Willie Dixon

Journal article by Worth Long; African American Review, Vol. 29, 1995

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Analysis, Blues musicians--Interviews, Dixon, Willie--Interviews

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The wisdom of the blues - defining blues as the true facts of life: an interview with Willie Dixon...and profound. Willie Dixon, musician, composer, and founder of Blues Heaven Foundation, Inc., is often referred to as "the poet laureate...
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Squeezebox: The Legacy of the Afro-Mississippi Accordionists

Journal article by Jared M. Snyder; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 17, 1997

Subjects:

Accordion--History, Accordionists--History, Blues musicians--History, Mississippi--History

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...that would provide a wealth of blues musicians in the following years. Unlike...voluminous interviews conducted with blues musicians overwhemingly emphasized musicians...cultures on African-American blues musicians. Black Music Research journal...

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Magazine Articles on: blues musicians

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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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...of Buenos Aires blues fans continued...78s of vintage musicians, so that today...calls his show "Blues on the Edge of...hundred different musicians. Old-timers on...outlining the musicians life and role in blues development. Judging...
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B.B. King Rolls On: For 100 Nights a Year, the 80-Year-Old Blues Legend Still Proves That the Thrill Is Not Gone

Magazine article by Kevin Chappell; Ebony, Vol. 61, June 2006

Subjects:

African American musicians--Behavior, African American musicians--Performances, Blues musicians--Behavior, Blues musicians--Performances, King, B.B.--Behavior, King, B.B.--Performances

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...For 100 Nights a Year, the 80-Year-Old Blues Legend Still Proves That the Thrill Is...80-year-old man play his guitar and sing the blues. But hes not just any 80-year-old man...downtown Phoenix, B.B. King, the king of the blues, will take the stage with the guitar he...
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Goodbye to the Blues: Billie Holiday Is Remembered as Much for Her Tragic Life as for Her Beautiful Voice. but Now, Thanks to a New Generation of Female Artists and Musicians, a More Positive Lady Day Legacy Is Emerging

Magazine article by Farah Jasmine Griffin; New Statesman, Vol. 133, April 5, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Analysis, Blues (Music)--Media coverage, Holiday, Bille--Appreciation, Holiday, Bille--Influence, Holiday, Bille--Media coverage

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Goodbye to the Blues: Billie Holiday...Female Artists and Musicians, a More Positive...Lady Sings the Blues, and afterwards...original and important musicians of the 20th century...Regrets", "Billies Blues", "Now or Never...interaction with other musicians. Many of these reissues...
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Keeping It Unreal: We Consider the "Primitive" Music of Blues Singers Such as Leadbelly to Be More Authentic Than That of the Monkees. but, Explains Jeff Sharlet, All Pop Musicians Are Fakes

Magazine article by Jeff Sharlet; New Statesman, Vol. 136, April 16, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music (Book)--Book reviews

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...Primitive" Music of Blues Singers Such as...Sharlet, All Pop Musicians Are Fakes. by...and traditional blues--two of the fakest...know that these musicians had been served...reinterpreted by white musicians eager to add "floating...patriarch of the Delta blues: Hurt wasnt from...
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Music: Corn Bread When I'm Hungry

Magazine article by William Hogeland; The Atlantic Monthly, November 1, 1998

Subjects:

Banjo music--History, Blues musicians--Biography, Boggs, Dock--Biography

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...professional country, blues, Cajun, and gospel musicians rather than field...and white folk musicians would have sounded...centuries. The blues were not to be...that of the white musicians Boggs had seen...of country and blues and thus of rock...

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Newspaper Articles on: blues musicians

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Medical Bill Blues the Plight of a Hospitalized Sound Man Begs the Question: Why Are So Many Musicians Uninsured?

Newspaper article by Mark Guarino; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 19, 2006

Subjects:

Medical law, Medically uninsured persons, Musicians

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

Medical Bill Blues the Plight of a Hospitalized...Question: Why Are So Many Musicians Uninsured? by Mark...guys." FitzGerald said that musicians arrive in town requesting...the popular old-time folk blues group. In the Chicago rehab...
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Musician's Repertoire Included Beatles, Blues

Newspaper article by Eileen O. Daday; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 29, 2008

Subjects:

Musicians

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

Musicians Repertoire Included Beatles, Blues. by Eileen O. Daday...more songs with fellow musicians. They made the recording...associated with various blues bands in the city and suburbs...Big Beef City and Thermal Blues Band. He even appeared...
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Event Aids Musicians with Health Blues

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 24, 2007

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

Event Aids Musicians with Health Blues. Byline: Serena Markstrom...a perfect fit for her event. "Blues musicians, traditionally it seems like they...know that it reaches far beyond blues musicians. From hip-hop to polka, all musicians...
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Blues' Southern Routes: Exhibition Shows How Geographic Roots Grew and Spread as the Black Musicians Took Their Sound North

Newspaper article by Patrick Butters; The Washington Times, April 17, 1999

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

Blues Southern routes: Exhibition shows...roots grew and spread as the black musicians took their sound north by...insisted on shooting only black blues musicians. (One notable exception in the...photographer says that by nature the blues musicians were not only accessible, but...
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Tuxedo Boys Were the Perfect Fit for the Blues; MANY of Today's More Serious Musicians Will Usually Claim the Blues as a Major Influence in Their Music - in the 70s It Was Almost Blasphemous Not to Make That Statement. Coventry Has Had Its Fair Share of Blues Merchants and Today's Subject Is the Tuxedo Junction Blues Band

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 28, 2006

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

...for the Blues; MANY of Todays More Serious Musicians Will Usually Claim the Blues as a Major Influence in Their Music - in the...advert in the Coventry Evening Telegraph for blues-loving musicians looking to form a band. John Hammond fan...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: blues musicians

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Jazz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and thus many American jazz musicians have become expatriates. At...City, and the West Coast. The blues, vocal and instrumental, was...the idiom. Important vocal blues stylists include Blind Lemon...produced an exodus of jazz musicians. Many went to Chicago, where...
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Waters, Muddy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...vocal style. From the 1950s on Waters recorded, toured, and played various music festivals. His electric blues influenced such American musicians as Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan and such British rockers as the Rolling Stones , who took their...
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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

...boogies, and toured throughout the United States. After Hooker was "discovered" by the white blues-rockers of the 1960s, he recorded with several rock musicians and influenced a generation of players and singers. Hooker again reached a wide public...
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Morton, Jelly Roll

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...quarrelsome disposition led many musicians and critics to disparage him...background, include "Dead Man Blues," "Jelly Roll Blues," "King Porter Stomp," "Black Bottom Stomp," "Mama Nita," "Mamies Blues" (or "219 Blues"), "Moi pas laimez...
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Rock Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...1960s rock was widely regarded as an important musical form. Musicians such as Miles Davis and John McLaughlin and groups like...and Jimmy Page continued to perform variations on classic blues themes using the traditional instruments of rock n roll. From...

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