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History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People: From Charley Patton to Robert Cray - Softcover
In this exciting tie-in to a three-part PBS-TV series, Atlantic music critic Francis Davis presents a remarkable history of the blues that challenges many standard assumptions. Davis presents a fascinating synthesis of cultural commentary, first-rate musical analysis, copious research, and marvelous visuals.
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Francis Davis is a contributing editor of the Atlantic Monthly and writes regularly for the New York Times and the New Yorker. He is the author of the acclaimed books Outcats and History of the Blues and a biography of John Coltrane (Knopf). He lives in Philadelphia.
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Davis ambitiously chronicles one of the oldest American musical genres that remain thriving today, and because of his astute observations, personable wit, and challenging proposals, produces what is clearly one of the best books on it. Effectively using a first-person perspective, Davis explores the history of the blues throughout the rural South, its evolution in northern cities, and the marketing of vintage and contemporary blues musicians today. Moreover, he places the music's development within the context of general American cultural and social development. His commentary embraces such high-profile players as Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters as well as such far less known figures as Johnny "Daddy Stovepipe" Watson. Davis points out that modern country music and the blues share a common genesis in rural medicine shows, and he is courageous enough to make the politically unfashionable declaration that Elvis was "one of the finest singers ever spawned by the Southern United States" and then provide enough reasons to back up the claim. Companion to a new PBS TV series, this book is, like Davis' two collections of jazz articles, In the Moment (1987) and Outcats (1990), essential for the music library shelves. Aaron Cohen
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- PublisherHyperion
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0786881240
- ISBN 13 9780786881246
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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