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Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Myers, Sam, 1936-2006
Autres auteurs: Horton, Jeff
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Myers, Sam, > 1936-2006
Myers, Sam, > 1936-2006.
African American musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Soul & R 'n B.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Blues.
Musiciens noirs americains > Biographies.
African American musicians > Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Early years
  • Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills
  • Piney Woods
  • Going to Chicago
  • Chicago and Jackson families
  • Elmore James
  • Jackson, Mississippi
  • Jackson radio and recording
  • The blues
  • The harmonica
  • The Musicians' Union
  • The record business
  • Stories from the road
  • Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.

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