Early Blues : The First Stars of Blues Guitar /
"Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. L...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2015]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record
- Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer
- Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast
- Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar
- Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king
- Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues
- Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist
- Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman
- Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard."