Blues Mandolin Man : The Life and Music of Yank Rachell /

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Yank Rachell and his mandolin playing style moved every musician lucky enough to hear him perform in the early sixties. When he died in April 1997, he left behind a stack of unanswered requests to tour Europe and to play blues festivals in the United States. In Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Congress, Richard
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Rachell, Yank.
Biografie
Blues musicians.
Blues (Music)
African American musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Soul & R 'n B.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Blues.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Musiciens noirs americains > Biographies.
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
African American musicians > Biography.
Blues musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biography
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Yank Rachell and his mandolin playing style moved every musician lucky enough to hear him perform in the early sixties. When he died in April 1997, he left behind a stack of unanswered requests to tour Europe and to play blues festivals in the United States. In Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music of Yank Rachell, Richard Congress delivers the first biography of a family man whose playing inspired and energized the likes of David Honeyboy Edwards, Sleepy John Estes, and Henry Townsend. No other biography discusses the mandolin's influence and role in the blues. Guitar great Ry Cooder said, "
Description matérielle:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781604735970

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