Listen to the blues

Cook, Bruce

ISBN 10: 0684133768 / ISBN 13: 9780684133768

Published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1973

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nice hardcover edition only minor wear seen a nice copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Listen to the blues
• Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684133768
• ISBN 13: 9780684133768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This text provides an account of the making of America's fundamental music and the men and women who created it on riverboats, in whorehouses, at country dances, and in medicine shows. With guitars and the melancholic power of their voices these musicians developed a form of music, explaining its origins and evolution, the conflicts among blues scholars, and the hardship and danger that marked the lives of professional bluesman. Based on original interviews, it includes profiles of people like Leadbelly, Mance Lipscomb, Skip James, Bessie Smith, Son House, Muddy Waters and B.B. King.