| Description |
x, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Principally previously published writings consisting of essays, liner notes, and excerpts from longer works. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
What we write about when we write about the blues -- Beginnings -- The country blues -- The crazy blues -- Faces of the blues -- The St. Louis Blues -- The blues as poetry -- The blues' angry voice -- Chicago and the south side blues -- Roots, finally -- Origins: the Parchman women's blues -- The legacy of the blues -- Lightnin' again -- Zy-de-blues -- The new blues. |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2005
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| ISBN |
0714531073 |
| Standard No. |
9780714531076 |
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