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Takes a cultural and historic look at the evolution of the blues from post-Reconstruction to the 1920s
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The evolution of the various strands of blues music
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"If you want to find your way back to the roots of the blues, this book is your ticket."
—Taj Mahal
"A masterwork.... [Barlow] includes all types of blues in his analysis, without losing sight of the music’s density, its humor, and its satire, when the blues get so bad that we are 'lookin’ up at down.'"
—Ruth A. Banes, Popular Music and Society
"Bill Barlow’s fine study is a major contribution to our understanding of blues. He carefully traces the music from its roots in the rural South to urban traditions in Memphis, St. Louis, and Chicago. Barlow’s broad portrait of the blues and his perceptive analysis make this study a classic."
—Bill Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi
" ... encyclopedic ... "
—Publishers Weekly
" ... a definitive work on black culture. The major value of the book is its exhaustive scope and its demonstration that blues continues African culture in America under new conditions. A rare jewel in the scholarship of Afro-American culture."
—Sterling D. Plumpp, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- PublisherTemple Univ Pr
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0877225834
- ISBN 13 9780877225836
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages404
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