T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Past and Present

by Rhetta Akamatsu

Overview

n the past, they were the Queens, strong women who took an unconventional path. They were the Blues Women, and they changed the face of music. To undertand their history is to understand not only a great deal about black history but about the history of the country as a whole. Today, blues women still change the face of music and explore the feminine side of the human condition. This book explores the lives and legacies of eighteen great blues women, old and new. From Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and other legends to Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, and more contemporary blues women, this book explores their art and tells their stories.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013204584
Publisher:	Rhetta Akamatsu
Publication date:	08/10/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Rhetta Akamatsu is a journalist and author of various books on a number of subjects, including blues music, social history, the paranormal, and world history. She lives in Marietta, Georgia with her husband and her cat and close to her grown children and grandchildren.

Editorial Reviews

Author Rhetta Akamatsu has a lot of interests, and one of them is blues music. When reading about the blues, the Marietta Georgia native discovered that female blues singers were often overlooked in books written about the music. To help balance the scales, Akamatsu put together T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Old and New, which takes an in-depth look into the lives of blues women from both the early days of the music as well as the contemporary blues scene.

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Keith Gordon