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Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR AND RARE-------------- FATHER OF THE BLUES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by W.C. HANDY, edited BY ARNA BONTEMPS, FOREWORD by ABBE NILES...........If you incur Montezuma's Revenge, it's good to have a W.C. HANDY..... ........W. C. Handy's blues-"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"-changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (1873-1958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a preacher of stern Calvinist faith, forgive him for following the "devilish" calling of black music and theater. Here Handy tells of this and other struggles: the lot of a black musician with entertainment groups in the turn-of-the-century South; his days in minstrel shows, and then in his own band; how he made his first $100 from "Memphis Blues"; how his orchestra came to grief with the First World War; his successful career in New York as publisher and song writer; his association with the literati of the Harlem Renaissance. Handy's remarkable tale reveals the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz......... This is the softcover stated COLLIER FIRST EDITION FROM 1970. Other than a couple of ex lib markings, the book (no dj) is in excellent reading condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find AUTOBIOGRAPHY COLLECTIBLE.
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Handy's remarkable tale- pervaded with his unique personality and humor- reveals not only the career of the man who brought the blues to the world's attention, but the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz.
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- PublisherCOLLIER BOOKS
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0020607008
- ISBN 13 9780020607007
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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