The inconvenient Lonnie Johnson : blues, race, identity /

"Lonnie Johnson is a blues legend. His viruosity on the blues guitar is second to none, and his influence on artists from T-Bone Walker and B. B. King to Eric Clapton is well established. A master of multiple instruments, Johnson recorded with jazz icons such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Simon, Julia, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Series:American music history.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lonnie, > 1894-1970 > Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Lonnie, > 1894-1970
1900-1999
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
Musique et race > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues
Blues (Music)
Music and race
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Lonnie Johnson, professional musician
  • Musical practice and place : the cultural history of New Orleans and St. Louis
  • Self-construction and self-awareness : Lonnie Johnson's persona
  • Social relations : race, gender, and the perception of systemic complexity
  • The suffering self : isolation and loneliness
  • Conclusion : performance and the socially embedded self.

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