| Description |
135 pages : illustrations\. (some color), facsimile, portraits ; 29 cm. + 4 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
Companion CDs contain recordings made by Chris Strachwitz in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1954-1971; chiefly previously unreleased tracks. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131) and discography (pages 126-129). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Scrapbook -- Disc I. Jesse Fuller ; Skid Band ; Bob Mielke's Bearcats ; Big Joe Williams ; K.C. Douglas ; Lonnie Johnson ; Sonnie Terry & Brownie McGhee ; Bukka White ; Lightning Hopkins ; Mercy Dee -- Disc II. Country Joe and the Fish ; Toni Brown ; David Fredrickson & Crabgrass ; Joy of Cooking ; T.A. Talbott ; Debbie Green ; Bob Neuwirth ; Janet Smith ; Merritt Herring ; Alice Stuart ; Perry Lederman ; Barbara Dane ; Hackberry Ramblers ; Fondettes -- Disc III. Mance Lipscomb ; Rev. Louis Overstreet ; Rev. Gary Davis ; Fred McDowell ; Skip James -- Disc IV. Vern & Ray ; Big Mama Thornton ; Opelousas Playboys ; Clifton Chenier ; Notes from the Underground ; Stanley Willis ; NOW Creative Arts Ensemble ; Jerry Hahn ; Smiley Winters ; Sonny Simmons -- Scrapbook -- The recordings -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Scrapbook -- |
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CD I. Hump in my back ; Brother low down / Jesse Fuller -- Berkeley's junko partner ; Tight like that / Skid Band -- Moose march / Bob Mielke's Bearcats -- Highway 49 / Big Joe Williams -- Oakland blues / Big Joe Williams & Mary Williams -- Greystone (Alameda County Jail) blues / Big Joe Williams -- I know you didn't want me ; Night shirt blues ; Stop time ; Hear me howling / K.C. Douglas -- Stand alone blues ; Brenda / Lonnie Johnson -- Changed the lock on my door / Sonny Terry -- Bald eagle train (take 1) / Bukka White -- Tom Moore's farm ; Up on Telegraph (Avenue) / Lightning Hopkins -- Lady luck / Mercy Dee -- |
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CD II. I feel like I'm fixin' to die rag / Country Joe and the Fish -- You turned your back ; How could I stand it ; Don't forget me, love / Toni Brown -- Charles Giteau / Crabgrass -- Midnight blues / The Joy of Cooking -- Depression gone from me ; Mr. Brakeman / T.A. Talbott -- Who's going to be my man? / Debbie Green -- Come see / Bob Neuwirth -- Lady gay / Janet Smith -- Talking protest blues / Merritt Herring -- Black Jack David / Alice Stuart -- Eventually ; Impressions of John Henry / Perry Lederman -- Deportees / Barbara Dane -- Big Texas (Grand Texas) ; Jolie blonde ; Turtle tail / Hackberry Ramblers -- The Beatles are in town / The Fondettes -- |
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CD III. Willie poor boy ; The Titanic ; Mean boss man ; Sugar babe / Mance Lipscomb -- Working on a building ; The old ship of Zion / Rev. Louis Overstreet -- I'm a soldier ; Floor sweepin' rag ; Courtin' boy / Rev. Gary Davis -- Shake 'em on down ; Louise ; Write me a few of your lines / Fred McDowell -- Low down dirty things ; 22-20 blues (Mr. Kress) ; Sea walking Jesus ; No special lover ; Peace in the valley / Skip James -- |
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CD IV. Sweetheart you done me wrong ; The touch of God's hand / Vern & Ray -- 'Fore day in the mornin' ; Ball and chain ; Hound dog / Big Mama Thornton -- Monsieur Leonard ; Chi ca nai (Slow drag) ; Bye bye Rosa / John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys -- Mr. Charlie ; Louisiana rock / Clifton Chenier -- What am I doing here? / Notes from the Underground -- To be a thief / Stanley Willis -- Pretty good / NOW Creative Arts Ensemble -- In the breeze / Jerry Hahn -- To 'Trane (aka: Two trains) / Smiley Winters -- The beauty of Isis / Sonny Simmons. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.
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Popular music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
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Blues (Music) -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.
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Blues (Music) -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
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Folk music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History and criticism.
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Strachwitz, Chris.
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Blues musicians.
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Folk musicians.
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Arhoolie Productions.
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Field recordings -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Strachwitz, Chris.
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Arhoolie Productions.
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| ISBN |
9780615384238 hardback |
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0615384234 hardback |
| Standard No. |
096297051825 |
| Music No. |
518 A-D Arhoolie |
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