The Country Blues
From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This musicrecorded during the twenties by men like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Robert Johnsonhad all but disappeared from memory until the folk music revival of the late 1950's created a new and appreciable audience for the country blues.On of the pioneering studies of this unjustly-neglected music was Sam Charter's The Country Blues. In it, Charters recreates the special world of the country bluesmanthat lone black performer accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar, his music a rich reflection of his own emotional life.Virtually rewriting the history of the blues, Charters reconstructs its evolution and dissemination, from the first tentative soundings on the Mississippi Delta through the emergence, with Elvis Presley, of rock and roll. His carefully-researched biographies of near-legendary performers like Lonnie Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, and Tampa Redcoupled with his perceptive discussions of their recordingspay tribute to a kind of artistry that will never be seen or heard again. And his portraits of the still-strumming Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, and Lightnin' Hopkinspoint up the undying strength and vitality of the country blues.
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The Country Blues
From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This musicrecorded during the twenties by men like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Robert Johnsonhad all but disappeared from memory until the folk music revival of the late 1950's created a new and appreciable audience for the country blues.On of the pioneering studies of this unjustly-neglected music was Sam Charter's The Country Blues. In it, Charters recreates the special world of the country bluesmanthat lone black performer accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar, his music a rich reflection of his own emotional life.Virtually rewriting the history of the blues, Charters reconstructs its evolution and dissemination, from the first tentative soundings on the Mississippi Delta through the emergence, with Elvis Presley, of rock and roll. His carefully-researched biographies of near-legendary performers like Lonnie Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, and Tampa Redcoupled with his perceptive discussions of their recordingspay tribute to a kind of artistry that will never be seen or heard again. And his portraits of the still-strumming Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, and Lightnin' Hopkinspoint up the undying strength and vitality of the country blues.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780306800146 |
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Publisher: | Hachette Books |
Publication date: | 08/22/1975 |
Series: | Roots of Jazz Series |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 314 |
Sales rank: | 215,063 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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