RED RIVER BLUES: THE BLUES TRADITION IN THE SOUTHEAST.

BASTIN, Bruce.

ISBN 10: 0252012135 / ISBN 13: 9780252012136

Published by University Of Illinois Press, Chicago,, 1986

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publishers red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0252012135 Pages: 379 Fine in fine dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RED RIVER BLUES: THE BLUES TRADITION IN THE SOUTHEAST.
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press, Chicago,
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252012135
• ISBN 13: 9780252012136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

The complete story of the origins and evolution of the black American blues tradition, drawing extensively on oral history interviews.

Reviews

English folklorist Bruce Bastin has written a history of the blues tradition in the Southern Atlantic states. Drawing on extensive interviews and primary sources, he focuses more on the performers than on the music. After describing the sociocultural context of the tradition, the author provides biographical details of its major practioners, mentioning in passing every performer he has been able to identify. The wealth of detail provided is impressive, and serious folklore collections will want this volume. The author's tendency to catalog information, however, leads to a lack of narrative cohesion; the general reader will find this slow going. Bruce Hulse, Brown Univ. Lib., Providence
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