| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-321) and index. |
| Contents |
A hundred dollars crooked -- The midget maestro -- The stroll -- Sunset -- Rock and stomp opus -- The loser goes to the hospital, the winner goes to jail -- The bronze peacock -- The gate swings -- 'Tween the Tip In Inn and the Church of God -- Roy Brown's good rockin' revival -- Female trouble -- All part of the game -- A little like going to heaven -- Crossover -- Shootin' and cuttin' and shit -- The hardest-working man in show busines. |
| Summary |
Combining firsthand reporting with historical research, a music journalist provides a musical history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in the black juke joints where James Brown and B.B. King got their start. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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African American jazz musicians.
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| Added Title |
Chitlings circuit |
| ISBN |
9780393076523 hardback $26.95 |
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0393076520 hardback |
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