Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs By David Grazian

Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs

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Chicago's famous blues scene is a world of grungy bars set in upscale neighborhoods, where affluent white tourists bask in the musical tradition of the black working class. According to Grazian's fascinating study, this fertile stew of contradictions makes for a cultural Rosetta Stone that helps us decipher the relations between art, business and postmodernity's quixotic search for the real. The ironies go on forever. As fans flock to blues venues in search of authentic black culture, they are served up a commodified and caricatured "minstrel show" of endlessly repeated blues standards punctuated by off-color jokes; inevitably, a backlash sets in amongst aficionados, who set off to ever smaller bars in ever poorer neighborhoods where the truly authentic blues are said to reside. Sociologist Grazian is less interested in finding authenticity than in understanding the "symbolic economy of authenticity" by which we accrue social status and seek out an "idealized reality" that "might render our lives more meaningful." If that theory sounds stuffily academic, be assured that Grazian's approach is anything but. Much of his research methodology consists of hanging out in blues joints, drinking beer, striking up conversations, occasionally sitting in with the band on the sax. The result is a elegantly written exploration, both skeptical and sympathetic, journalistic and erudite, of the many diverse subcultures, both black and white-tourists, regulars, bartenders, impresarios, musicians-that stake a claim to the blues. Photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

"Chicago has given the world distinctive forms of urban blues and urban sociology.... In Blue Chicago, David Grazian's lucid and bracingly unpious study of the blues scene, the two homegrown traditions meet with satisfying results." - Carlo Rotella, Chicago Tribune"

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• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (November 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226305899
• ISBN-13: 978-0226305899

The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues By David Evans

The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues

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Examining the changing face of the genre from its beginnings at the end of the 19th century to its international popularity today, this book traces the social climate that inspired the blues and takes a look at the unmistakable influences that blues had on 20th-century music. Includes information on performances from Muddy Waters to Eric Clapton.

About the Author

David Evans has been a Professor of Music at the University of Memphis since 1978. He directs the ethnomusicology Ph.D. program, the only such program with a specific specialization in southern U.S. folk and popular music. A blues researcher, he has been honored with a 2003 Grammy Award for his album notes to Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton.

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• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039953072X
• ISBN-13: 978-0399530722

The Vintage book of Canadian memoirs By George Fetherling

Vintage Book of Canadian Memoirs

Book overview

Editor George Fetherling, himself the author of an acclaimed memoir,Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties, has selected twenty-four literary memoirs by well-known Canadian writers for this unique and timely anthology. Michael Ondaatje'sRunning in the Family, Margaret Atwood'sRemembering Marian Engel, Timothy Findley'sFrom Stage to Page, and Mordercai Richler'sA Sense of the Ridiculousare just a few of the fascinating selections. George Fetherling's lively and thoughtful introduction sheds light on the characteristics that make the memoir genre so unique, a genre for which Canadians seem to have a particular passion. The anthology is divided into four thematically grouped sections, each with its own preface written by the editor At Home and Abroad; Getting Started; Uprootedness and Family; and Tragedies, Choices and Losses. There is also a comprehensive bibliography.

Paperback: 582 pages

Publisher: Vintage Canada (2001)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0679310622

ISBN-13: 978-0679310624

Clapton: the autobiography By Eric Clapton

Clapton: The Autobiography

From Publishers Weekly

Readers hoping for sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll won't be disappointed by the legendary guitarist's autobiography. As he retraces every step of his career, from the early stints with the Yardbirds and Cream to his solo successes, Clapton also devotes copious detail to his drug and alcohol addictions, particularly how they intersected with his romantic obsession with Pattie Boyd. His relationship with the woman for whom he wrote Layla culminated in a turbulent marriage he describes as drunken forays into the unknown. But he genuinely warms to the subject of his recovery, stressing its spiritual elements and eagerly discussing the fund-raising efforts for his Crossroads clinic in Antigua. His self-reckoning is filled with modesty, especially in the form of dissatisfaction with his early successes. He professes ambivalence about the famous Clapton is God graffiti, although he admits he was grateful for the recognition from fans. At times, he sounds more like landed gentry than a rock star: bragging about his collection of contemporary art, vigorously defending his hunting and fishing as leisure activities, and extolling the virtues of his quiet country living. But both the youthful excesses and the current calm state are narrated with an engaging tone that nudges Clapton's story ahead of other rock 'n' roll memoirs. (Oct. 9)

Hardcover: 352 pages

Publisher: Broadway; 1st Edition 1st Printing edition (October 9, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 038551851X

ISBN-13: 978-0385518512

Sing out, Volume 35

Page 30, 75, 115

Title
Sing out, Volume 35

Publisher
Sing Out, inc., 1990

Original from
Indiana University

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High fidelity, Volume 10, Issues 7-12

Page 113

Title
High fidelity, Volume 10, Issues 7-12

Publisher
Audiocom, 1960

Original from
the University of Virginia

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The music of black Americans: a history By Eileen Southern

 

The Music of Black Americans: A History (Third Edition)

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The third edition of Southern's (music and Afro-American studies, emerita, Harvard) scholarly work chronicles the development of African American music, from the arrival of the first Africans at the English colonies in 1619 to the present. The evolution of various genres, instrumentation, minstrelsy, dance, religious aspects, recording companies, and musical theater are all dealt with meticulously. A chronology of important events at the beginning of each chapter and extensive bibliographies and discographies help greatly in navigating the massive amount of material. An important addition to this edition is expanded coverage of women composers and performers. The only drawback is the minimal coverage of the modern era: rhythm and blues, soul, rock'n'roll, and disco are covered in just ten pages. The social, cultural, and historical importance of this book make it essential for all libraries.?Dan Bogey, Clearfield Cty. P.L. Federation, Curwensville, Pa.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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This text provides comprehensive coverage of black American music, from the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies to contemporary developments in African-American history. The book draws on authentic documents, from colonial times to the present, to illuminate the history of black music. The book provides thorough treatment of black women musicians, including Lil Hardin Armstrong, Marian Anderson, Billie Holiday, Leontyne Price and Ella Fitzgerald.

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• Hardcover: 678 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 3 Sub edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393038432
• ISBN-13: 978-0393038439

I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story, Volume 1989, Part 2 By Willie Dixon, Don Snowden

I AM THE BLUES - The Willie Dixon Story

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These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'roll—songs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jeff Healey.I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Visksburg Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work—as songwriter bassist, producer, and arranger—with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry which shaped the definitive Chicago blues sound of Chess Records; and his legal battles to recapture the rights to his historic catalog of songs.

About the Author

Don Snowden, a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times for over 15 years, has supplemented Dixon's reflections with interviews with other performers and Chess insiders, a comprehensive discography, and a list of the major artists who have recorded his songs.

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• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (August 22, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306804158
• ISBN-13: 978-0306804151

Annual Obituary, 1986 edited by Patricia Burgess

Page 213, 214

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Annual Obituary, 1986

Hardcover: 700 pages

Publisher: St. James Press; 86th edition (September 1989)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1558620133

ISBN-13: 978-1558620131

'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child By David Henderson

'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child

David Henderson's biography of Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age -- first published in hardcover in 1978 -- was described by Greil Marcus of Rolling Stone as "[t]he strongest and most ambitious biography yet written about any rock and roll performer." The paperback edition was retitled 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix, and in this smaller format, extensive interviews from the original edition were omitted. Nonetheless, all previous editions sold more than 300,000 copies and created a new standard for writing about popular artists, especially musicians.

Henderson's biography helped to rescue Hendrix from an unfair, erroneous association with drug decadence and recognized him as a true musical genius. The Hendrix legacy still thrives, and Henderson has more to reveal and further insight to offer about the man who remains regarded as the greatest rock and roll guitarist of all time. 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child is the newly revised, updated, and expanded edition of the definitive, most beloved biography of the man behind the legend. It melds the original text, which featured Hendrix's voice in complete interviews, with new material -- to the extent that Hendrix could easily be described as the coauthor of this work.

Henderson now offers information that was initially difficult to obtain in the years immediately following Hendrix's death. With the passage of time, originally reluctant informants have come forward, and many of the coverups and legal battles have been resolved. All of this has shed new light on Hendrix's life, as well as on the circumstances surrounding his mysterious death. This edition includes more of Hendrix's personal writings, and goes more in depth about his romantic life and the music -- its creation, problems, and triumphs -- as scholarship and recognition of his importance have deepened over time. While revealing essential information about his untimely death, i reads like a grand adventure novel but so includes salient cultural, political, and historical background. David Henderson wrote this biography as the result of a promise he'd made to Jimi at Ungano's nightclub in Manhattan in 1969 to write something solely about him. The rock legend had read and liked Henderson's piece in Crawdaddy -- one of Hendrix's favorite magazines -- on his concert with Sly Stone at the Fillmore East. Little did either man know that they would forever be connected by this timeless and important biography.

About the author (2009)

The poet and writer David Henderson was a founding member ofThe poet and writer David Henderson was a founding member of the Umbra Poets, an influential collective of poets and wri the Umbra Poets, an influential collective of poets and writers who were central to the Black Arts Movement. His books ters who were central to the Black Arts Movement. His books include "De Mayor of Harlem" and "Neo-California." He has beinclude "De Mayor of Harlem" and "Neo-California." He has been widely published in anthologies and magazines, including en widely published in anthologies and magazines, including "The Def Jam Poetry Reader, The Paris Review, " and "Essence"The Def Jam Poetry Reader, The Paris Review, " and "Essence". He has read from his poetry for the permanent archives of". He has read from his poetry for the permanent archives of the Library of Congress. Born in Harlem and raised in Harle the Library of Congress. Born in Harlem and raised in Harlem and the Bronx, Henderson now lives in downtown New York Cim and the Bronx, Henderson now lives in downtown New York City. ty.

Paperback: 464 pages

Publisher: Atria; Reprint edition (July 21, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0743274016

ISBN-13: 978-0743274012

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Folkways records: Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound By Tony Olmsted, Anthony Olmsted

Page 206

 

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (June 24, 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0415937094

ISBN-13: 978-0415937092

 

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In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By 1986, when Asch died, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. This is an account of how he built this business, against all odds-and against all conventional thinking and common sense.

About the Author

Tony Olmstead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has presented several papers on the music business, and is the recipient of several academic awards and fellowships.

 

 

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Who Was Who in America: With World Notables : 1985-1989 By Marquis Who's Who, Inc

Page 352

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Who Was Who in America: With World Notables : 1985-1989

Book overview

Who Was Who in America preserves the lifetime accomplishments of many world history-makers. Extending a tradition of excellence in recording and publishing essential data, Who Was Who in America has proved its unqiueness and usefulness in countless research applications. Each biographical entry provides personal data unavailable in any other source: family relationships, political affiliations, key positions held, awards, published writings, and other basic facts and vital statistics.

Approximately every three years, sketches of Marquis Who's Who Biographees who have died since publication of the prior volume of Who Was Who in America are incorporated into a new compilation.

Who Was Who in America is publisher in 14 convenient, chronological volumes which may be purchased separately or together.

Hardcover: 392 pages

Publisher: Marquis Who's Who; 11th edition (July 1989)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0837902177

ISBN-13: 978-0837902173

African American frontiers: slave narratives and oral histories By Alan B. Govenar

Page 318

African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories

Using carefully selected, authentic oral transcriptions, this work successfully portrays what life was like for African Americans from slavery through emancipation and into the 20th century. Govenar includes 67 life stories that illustrate the diverse experiences of the men and women who sought a new life in the expanding West or who opened social and cultural opportunities. There are tales of migration from the Caribbean to St. Louis and from Texas to Los Angeles, as well as stories of success and achievement during the Harlem Renaissance. The primary-source material includes original slave narratives, WPA slave narratives, state historical-society archive documents, and interviews conducted by the author. The histories of such well-known individuals as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Jacob Lawrence are included along with those of a window dresser, civil-rights worker, and rodeo cowboy. This well-organized, attractive volume has a handsome typography and high-quality, black-and-white photographs and maps.-Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA

From Booklist

When studying the experiences of people caught up in the Americas' slave trade, researchers have traditionally focused on the human and social conditions as set down in the slaves' personal narratives or on the literary genre that developed from the documentation of their experiences. Approaching this large collection of historical material from a different perspective, Govenar "explores the frontier as both place and idea, specifically as it relates to African Americans." As he points out in the introduction to this volume, for the indentured servants and slaves transported from Africa to the New World, "the possibility of freedom represented the first frontier."

The informative introduction provides a historical overview of the origins, practice, and progress of slavery in the Americas. Geographical frontiers surface in the details concerning the movement of slaves across the states. Maps giving the percentages of slaves and numbers of freed blacks in the population, state by state, over a 200-year period beginning with the late 1700s, provide not only a source of relevant statistics but also a visual time line. The social, economic, and cultural frontiers that developed as runaway and freed slaves migrated west and north seeking opportunities for a new life emerge in the accounts of their life experiences. These accounts are contained in two narrative sections following the introduction. The first section is composed of 15 significant slave narratives, including those of William and Ellen Craft, Olaudah Equinao, and Harriet Tubman. Most of these narratives have been published elsewhere in collections such as The Civitas Anthology of African Slave Narratives (1999), which examines slave narratives as the foundation of the African American literary tradition. The second section contains seven Works Progress Administration narratives from the Federal Writers' Project of the late 1930s.

A third section contains 47 fairly extensive oral histories that Govenar either collected through interviews he conducted or edited from existing materials found in archives. These more recent accounts provide details of life experiences from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and provide a bridge to the present day. A list of contributors of the oral histories gives the occupation or career of each person, including college president, physician, U.S. Air Force colonel, civil-rights activist, minister, cowboy, and more. They further illustrate the array of frontiers encountered and crossed by African Americans.

Each narrative or oral history begins with biographical and background details, and many include photographs or other illustrations. Two bibliographies, one of individually published slave narratives and another of secondary sources, provide further material for researchers. Public, community-college, and high-school libraries should find this reference tool a valuable addition to their collections. RBB
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• Library Binding: 551 pages
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874368677
• ISBN-13: 978-0874368673

The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music, Volumes 1-6 edited by Colin Larkin

Page 1015

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From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-- Popular music is presented in a serious way in this encyclopedic work that includes rock and roll, jazz, blues, soul, country, reggae, Latin, and African pop. No illustrations or photographs lighten the look, but almost any popular group or single performer of any note has an entry that includes the date of birth (when available), a short summary of the group or musician's work, and a list of recordings. A "quick reference guide" at the end of the fourth volume provides an alphabetical listing of all of the entries, and a lengthy index provides access to all of the musicians discussed. The six-volume Contemporary Musicians (Gale, 1989) is more attractive, and has photographs and longer articles as well as information on classical artists who have achieved crossover success. The Oxford Companion to Popular Music (1991) is also similar and includes terms such as jazz or reggae that the Guinness discusses in the introduction but not in separate entries. Other similar works are The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1989) and The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul (St. Martins, 1989). While all of these works have been published fairly recently, The Guinness Encyclopedia is the most up to date and includes more African musicians, making it a good additional purchase. --Margaret Tice, Brooklyn Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Anyone who has used the 1992 first edition of this work, an LJ "Best Reference Book of 1992," will cheer the appearance of this updated set. Larkin and his team of editors, including many of the world's authorities on popular music, have amassed the largest and most comprehensive guide to "nonclassical" Western music: rock, pop, country, reggae, vaudeville, movie and theater music, blues, jazz, and other forms, from 1900 to today. Each of the 15,000 unsigned entries, ranging from 150 to 3000 words, focuses on either an individual (primarily performers, but also producers, impresarios, and others behind the scenes), recording label, or movie/stage show. Over 70 percent of the 1992 articles have been enlarged, and nearly all have been updated or emended. The show listings are completely new to this edition and add an exciting dimension. The central attraction of this work, however, lies in its massive, up-to-date performer coverage?nearly 50,000 named individuals. The average listing includes birth/death dates, career highlights and lowlights, a brief list of recordings (more entries now have label information), book-length biographies, and trivia. One-third are fully profiled (and Larkin is already at work on a third edition). The range of performers is incredible, from one-hit wonders like UK's Nick Berry to Aretha Franklin and The Doors. It's also hard to beat this work for currency; what other reference book profiles Hootie and the Blowfish? This encyclopedia is also one of the few sources to feature late-night TV gold-record sellers such as Richard Clayderman and Slim Whitman. Finally, readers put off by the first edition's British slant will be pleased to find more balance here. More than just a sourcebook, this highly attractive set is also highly readable and a browser's paradise. Beautifully bound and with improved typeface over 1992, it stands as the popular music equivalent to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Macmillan, 1980) and as such has no equal, in or out of print.?Anthony J. Adam, Prairie View A&M Univ. Lib., Tex.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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• Hardcover: 4991 pages
• Publisher: Guinness Publishing; 2 Sub edition (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561591769
• ISBN-13: 978-1561591763

Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975 By Tim Neely

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Goldmine Standard Catalog Of American Records, 1950-1975

Collectors and dealers alike have praised the Goldmine(TM) Standard Catalog of(R) American Records 1950 to 1975 for both its depth and breadth of coverage. This new third edition continues that tradition. More than 150,000 45s, LPs, extended play singles, and 12-inch singles by artists whose first record was issued in 1975 or earlier are chronicled. Records are arranged alphabetically by artist-the easiest way for collectors to find the information they need. All records are listed individually, unlike any other book on the market! Extensive reader, dealer, and collector input have made this the most accurate record price guide available, filled with information collectors can't get anywhere else. Record expert Tim Neely is a regular contributor to Goldmine(TM) magazine. This is his 16th price guide.

- More than 150,000 records are listed in up to three grades of condition-that's more than 450,000 prices

- Features 200 photos of unusual and interesting records, plus an all-new 8-page color section

- Thousands of new listings, including records not documented in any other price guide

Tim Neely has written/edited more than 24 record price guides including Goldmine Record Album Price Guide and Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. A regular contributor to Goldmine magazine, this life-long vinyl collector's own selection of records exceeds 25,000.

Paperback: 1392 pages

Publisher: Krause Publications; 3rd Rev edition (September 2002)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0873494717

ISBN-13: 978-0873494717

Rock is rhythm and blues: the impact of mass media By Lawrence N. Redd

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Rock is Rhythm and Blues The Impact of Mass Media

Page 102, 104, 105

Hardcover: 167 pages

Publisher: Michigan State University Press; 1st ed edition (1974)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 087013180X

ISBN-13: 978-0870131806

Jazz review, Volumes 1-2

Pages 243, 27, 28

Title
Jazz review, Volumes 1-2

Publisher
Kraus Reprint Co., 1958

Original from
the University of California

Digitized
19 Mar 2009

A Short History of Jazz By Bob Yurochko

 

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A SHORT HISTORY OF JAZZ

 

Paperback

Publisher: Burnham (1993)

ISBN-10: 0830415955

ISBN-13: 978-0830415953

African-American Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Zydeco on Film and Video, 1926-1997 by Paul Vernon

Page 187, 332, 346

African-American Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Zydeco on Film and Video, 1926-1997

The early history of film recordings of African-American vernacular music is a chequered one. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s no systematic attempt was made to film important artists; a reflection of the general lack of interest at that time in these forms of music.The late 1950s and early 1960s saw a huge upturn in the popularity of blues and rhythm & blues. Many new television programmes such as 'Ready, Steady, Go' in England, 'Die Blues' in Germany, and 'TV Gospel Time' in America, contributed to the growing body of film recordings that are catalogued in this book.African-American Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Zydeco on Film and Video, 1926-1997 is the first reference work to provide details of film and video recordings by over 2000 artists working in these genres. Information on commercially available videotapes is also given for those wishing to obtain copies of recordings.

Hardcover: 421 pages

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing (October 1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1840142944

ISBN-13: 978-1840142945

According to the Rolling Stones, Volume 2003, Part 2 By Mick Jagger, Dora Loewenstein, Charlie Watts, Philip Dodd

According to The Rolling Stones

surviving members' interpretations of their experiences at a distance of 30 or more years, the Stones are still living the tale they're trying to tell--and they aren’t always the most self-aware narrators. Or generous: Wyman's three-decade tenure is given short shrift, but the book finds enough space for some unnecessary digs (Wyman has "tiny hands," we're told, and an "almost effeminate" style of playing).

To flesh out the band members' own recollections, the book also contains 13 essays from music-industry friends (Ahmet Ertegun, Marshall Chess), collaborators (Don Was), famous fans (Sheryl Crow, novelist Carl Hiaasen), and, yes, even the band's financial advisor for the past 33 years, Prince Rupert Lowenstein. Their views are sometimes fascinating (the unvarnished perspective of Crawdaddy Club owner Giorgio Gomelsky, the well-told stories of art bon vivant Christopher Gibbs), but just as often self-indulgent or sycophantic. Fans looking for an artfully designed volume of photos spanning the Stones' career won't be disappointed. Anyone seeking a comprehensive history of the band may want to wait for the band's definitive biography, which has attempted many times but has yet to be written. --Keith Moerer

From Publishers Weekly

That their longtime band mate Bill Wyman did his own exhaustive Stones coffee-table book last fall hasn't stopped the other members from doing a collection of old photos and recollections, too. The snapshots are wonderful (one of Jagger talking to Chuck Berry, each in a more outrageous '70s getup than the other, is particularly memorable) and the reminiscences, set up as an oral history, London slang and all, are engaging as well. Richards recalling postwar London as "horseshit and coal smoke, mixed with a bit of diesel here and there" really drives home just how long these guys have been around. Richards's wit is razor sharp, and the band's collective knowledge about old blues, R&B and jazz is awesome. What sets the book apart from Wyman's is a collection of essays from various musicians, industry people and authors. Sheryl Crow's is particularly heartfelt, as she describes when Jagger called to invite her to sing at a 1995 pay-per-view gig in Miami, then to share Thanksgiving dinner with the band and vomiting up the holiday meal before taking the stage. "Is there a way to describe what it is like to have Mick Jagger flirt with you on stage as if you were alone in a bedroom?" she writes. Author Carl Hiaasen writes about drawing inspiration

 

Hardcover: 360 pages

Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (October 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0811840603

ISBN-13: 978-0811840606

Music in the 20th century, Volume 3 By Dave DiMartino, Hao Huang

Pages 790, 629

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Music in the 20th Century. 3 Volumes.

 

Hardcover: 720 pages

Publisher: Sharpe Reference (January 1, 1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0765680122

ISBN-13: 978-0765680129

Rollin' and tumblin': the postwar blues guitarists By Jas Obrecht

Rollin' and Tumblin' : The Postwar Blues Guitarists

This is the most comprehensive and insightful study ever published on the pioneers of electric blues guitar - including the great Chicago, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, Texas and West Coast bluesmen. Rollin' and Tumblin' offers extensive interviews with some of the world's most famous blues guitarists, and poignant profiles of historical blues figures. Following a sweeping portrait of blues guitar history, the book features such players as T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins and many more.

Review

"Documents the most important time, places, and faces in music history."
-- Ben Harper

"More than the greatest bluesmen telling their stories, it's a way to fall in love with the blues all over..."
-- Dave Marsh

"Rollin' and Tumblin' is a great tribute to the guitarists of the past 50-some years who defined the blues -- not just by the notes theyve played, but by the lives theyve lived. This book has the most in-depth biographies and interviews ever published on certain artists. Jas Obrecht has done his usual excellent job, with his passion for the true stories of the blues." -- Jim O'Neal, founding editor, Living Blues

"The book's like a river of whisky and it made me feel like a diving duck."
-- Dave Marsh

"This is the book that tells the story of the first music that was here."
-- John Lee Hooker

"This is the story of the blues before Pepsi!" --Ry Cooder

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This is the most comprehensive and insightful study ever published on the pioneers of electric blues guitar - including the great Chicago, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, Texas and West Coast bluesmen. RollinÕ and TumblinÕ offers extensive interviews with some of the worldÕs most famous blues guitarists, and poignant profiles of historical blues figures. Following a sweeping portrait of blues guitar history, the book features such players as T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, LightninÕ Hopkins and many more.

 

Paperback: 456 pages

Publisher: Backbeat Books (July 1, 2000)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0879306130

ISBN-13: 978-0879306137

Speaking of us: voices from twentieth-century Australia By Barry York

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Speaking of us: Voices from twentieth-century Australia

Unknown Binding: 159 pages

Publisher: National Library of Australia (1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0642107157

ISBN-13: 978-0642107152

Rock encyclopedia By Lillian Roxon

Page 241, 482, 483

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Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia, compiled by Ed Naha

Title
Rock encyclopedia
Workman Publishing Company book

Author
Lillian Roxon

Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, 1969

Original from
the University of California

Digitized
3 Jul 2008

Length
611 pages

The Grove Press guide to the blues on CD By Frank-John Hadley

The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD

Paperback: 309 pages

Publisher: Grove Press; 1st edition (January 21, 1994)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0802133282

ISBN-13: 978-0802133281

The new Rolling Stone album guide By Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition

From Publishers Weekly

"How do you make an album guide that fits in a book bag?" Bracket asks in the introduction to this door-stopping compendium. "Selectively," he answers. To trim down the possibilities, the editors of this book decided to limit their entries to domestically released recordings currently available through major online stores. This makes it easy for consumers to buy what they want, as long as they want the latest mainstream music. Roughly 70 percent of the writing in this guide is new; Brackett notes that the editors chose artists who "have made a lasting, undeniable contribution to pop music." There are extra-long entries for Miles Davis, Dion, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Elvis and Muddy Waters, but a few baffling oversights (e.g., George Harrison is missing while the maligned Paula Abdul remains). The Guide is not intended for popular music historians, but a comparison with earlier editions reveals much about trends in popular music commentary: Chicago’s recordings, once ahead of their time, are now "schlock;" a Rolling Stone reviewer has realized that Yes made some good records; and Tony Bennett merits triple the space he occupied in 1992. The new edition’s 72 authors (vs. the four in 1992) produce a tone and style less consistent than in past editions. Some things have not changed: the best-selling albums generally get the highest ratings, and punks and bluesmen are demigods. Often entertaining, the guide offers comprehensive album lists and usefully ranks the innumerable collections available for many artists. (Also welcome is the short section on anthologies and soundtracks.) However, readers seeking lengthy reviews of individual albums would probably be better off looking elsewhere.
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Product Description

It is often difficult to assess the many new emerging music genres without some guidance from a well-respected voice to help differentiate the good from the mediocre, the classic from the fleeting. THE NEW ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE provides readers with such direction, categorising the new sounds with insightful analyses and critical judgement. The new guide celebrates rock's diversity and it's constant metamorphoses. Continuing the useful one-to-five-star ratings of THE ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE, published in 1992, the new volume gets a fresh makeover with the addition of new artists, as well as updated entries, without compromising the indispensable material in the original guide. In addition, a new introduction addresses the changes in the music industry and explores the brouhaha surrounding internet music downloads. Rolling Stone editors Nathan Brackett, Joe Levy, Christian Hoard, and Jenny Eliscu write new entries and update existing material with flair and authority, making this volume the guide to own. With clarity and accuracy, the editors feature records from the seminal bands and DJs that epitomise the beats of the Nineties and the incipient sounds of the 21st century.

Paperback: 944 pages

Publisher: Fireside; 4 Rev Upd edition (November 2, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0743201698

ISBN-13: 978-0743201698

Billboard 24 Oct 1960

Jazz forum, Issue 102 By European Jazz Federation, International Jazz Federation, Polish Jazz Society

Page 21

Title
Jazz forum, Issue 102

Authors
European Jazz Federation, International Jazz Federation, Polish Jazz Society

Publisher
International Jazz Federation, 1996

Original from
the University of Virginia

Digitized
12 Feb 2010

Write me a few of your lines: a blues reader By Steven Carl Tracy

Write Me a Few of Your Lines: A Blues Reader

A selection of writings, published between 1911 and 1998, on the subject of blues music. Included are contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados. The appeal of blues music is reflected in the range of contributors to the volume, among them Howard W. Odum, Alan Lomax, Richard Alan Waterman, Langston Hughes, Paul Oliver, Sam Charters, Janheinz Jahn, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones, Charles Keil, Jeff Todd Titon, Houston Baker, Hazel Carby and Angela Davis. From these various perspectives emerges an understanding of the blues: its origin in African aesthetics; the impact of slavery and reconstruction; its early folk manifestations; and the importance of religion, style, gender, audience, protest, and the record business in its development as an art form. Further context is provided by an introduction, section overviews, and a bibliography, discography and videography of blues materials.

Paperback: 624 pages

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press (November 1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1558492062

ISBN-13: 978-1558492066

The blues: a bibliographical guide By Mary L. Hart, Brenda M. Eagles, Lisa N. Howorth

Title
The blues: a bibliographical guide
Volume 565 of Garland reference library of the humanities
Volume 7 of Music research and information guides

Authors
Mary L. Hart, Brenda M. Eagles, Lisa N. Howorth

Publisher
Garland Pub., 1989

Original from
Indiana University

Digitized
5 Jun 2009

Length
636 pages

The world of soul: Black America's contribution to the pop music scene By Arnold Shaw

Pages V, 25

Title
The world of soul: Black America's contribution to the pop music scene

Author
Arnold Shaw

Publisher
Cowles Book Co., 1970

Length
306 pages