Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz

by Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff

Overview

The groundbreaking study of "coon songs" and ragtime in black musical comedies, circus sideshows, and tented minstrel shows

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604731484
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	09/17/2009
Series:	American Made Music Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Lynn Abbott works for the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University.

Doug Seroff, Greenbrier, Tennessee, is an independent scholar. Abbott and Seroff are the authors of Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895, published by the University Press of Mississippi.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     3
Coon Songs, Big Shows, and Black Stage Stars of the Ragtime Era     11
The Spirit of the Smart Set     81
Blues for the Sideshow Tent     157
"Under Canvas": African American Tented Minstrelsy and the Untold Story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans     209
Rosters of Alexander Tolliver's Shows     357
Itinerary of Alexander Tolliver's Big Show/Smart Set     359
Circus and Wild West Side Show Annex Band and Minstrel Rosters, 1911-1920     361
Band Rosters of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans, 1900-1940     371
Notes     383
General Index     427
Song Index     451