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Texas Blues : The Rise Of A Contemporary Sound

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Alan GovenarPublication Details
BookTexas A&M University Press2008Description
Texas Blues allows artists to speak in their own words, revealing the dynamics of blues, from its beginnings in cotton fields and shotgun shacks to its migration across boundaries of age and race to seize the musical imagination of the entire world. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML394 .G68 2008 AVAILABLE
Don’t Deny My Name : Words And Music And The Black Intellectual Tradition

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by Lorenzo Thomas ; edited and with an Introduction by Aldon Lynn NielsenPublication Details
BookUniversity of Michigan Press2008Links
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Black musical forms profoundly influenced the work of American poet and leading literary figure Lorenzo Thomas, and he wrote about them with keen insight—and obvious pleasure. This book, begun by Thomas before his death in 2005, collects more than a dozen of his savvy yet engagingly personal essays that probe the links between African American music, literature, and popular culture, from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML3479 .T56 2008 AVAILABLE
Delta Blues : The Life And Times Of The Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

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Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil HarpePublication Details
Book1st edW. W. Norton2008Description
Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the nineteenth century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML3521 .G56 2008 AVAILABLE
Ramblin’ On My Mind : New Perspectives On The Blues

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edited by David EvansPublication Details
BookUniversity of Illinois Press2008Description
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 literature, music, personal expression, and cultural product. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML3521 .R29 2008 AVAILABLE
Black Cat Bone

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J. Patrick Lewis ; illustrations by Gary KelleyPublication Details
BookCreative Editions2006Description
Robert Johnson: a man some have called the root of rock ‘n’ roll, a musician trailed by rumors that his guitar was tuned by the devil. Patrick Lewis, haunting illustrations of Gary Kelley, and musical lyrics of Robert Johnson himself harmonize in Black Cat Bone to tell the tale of this most legendary bluesman. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 811.54 L673bc AVAILABLE
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