Slim Harpo : Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge /
The complete life and times of blues singer Slim Harpo (1924-1970), chronicling his development from local bluesman to R & B star, from the black clubs of Baton Rouge to the white college circuit and national recognition in the?rock society? of the late 1960s. The lives and careers of other Bato...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Something inside me. Early life and times ; The death of Clyde Moore ; Going to New Orleans ; Postwar blues ; The red stick blues ; Ms. Lovell ; Lightning strikes
- Swamp Records and radio sales. Jay Miller : the Swamp Records man ; Ernie Young : Excello Records and Nashville radio selling ; Miller style
- I'm a king bee. Recordings, 1956 and 1957 ; The Baton Rouge club scene ; Recordings, November 1957 ; Catholic blues ; Baton Rouge bluesmen ; Recordings, May 1959 ; The King Bees ; Recordings, November-December 1959 ; The social whirl ; Recordings, Summer 1960 ; The beach blues ; The rise of swamp-pop
- Rainin' in my heart. A trip to Chicago ; Recordings, November 1960 ; Success at last ; Recordings for Imperial, June 1961 ; A night in Mobile ; All-American bandstands
- Buzzin', scratchin', hip shakin', bread makin'. The contract blues ; More Baton Rouge bluesmen ; Louisiana folk blues ; Recordings, September 1963 ; That's life ; More swamp-pop ; Recordings, January 1964 ; Recordings, June 1964 ; My generation ; Recordings, January 1965 ; Desegregation blues ; Recordings, October 1965 ; The scratch effect ; Recordings, February 1966 ; Recordings, September 1966 ; The end of an era
- The music's hot. Tip on in ; Recordings, April 1967 ; Recordings, Summer 1968 ; Scene in the rock society ; Recordings, early 1969 ; "The Harp" ; Recordings, March 1969 ; Recordings, April 1969 ; Recordings, December 1969 and January 1970
- Goodbye, Slim Harpo. An untimely death ; I just can't leave you ; Blues hangover ; They knew the blues ; Harpo's musicians ; The last of the old-time record men ; All about the music
- The heritage blues. Festival time ; Baton Rouge blues jams ; Twenty-first-century blues ; The Slim Harpo awards ; The historic marker at Mulatto Bend ; My little queen bee ; The Baton Rouge blues? ; When all's said and done ; When the blues comes in.


