Barrelhouse Blues Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues

by Oliver, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780465008810
• ISBN10: 046500881X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Civitas Books

Summary

The beginnings of the blues are uncertain, shaded by myth and legend. To some this American musical idiom now seems to have emerged fully formed from the genius of a few pioneering innovators in the Mississippi Delta. But the truth is that without the quick and wise intervention of record companies during the 1920s throughout the South, the earliest iterations of the blues would be lost to us.

Author Biography

Paul Oliver is the author of several books on the blues including Blues Off the Record.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Seeking Seculars	p. 9
Travelin' Men	p. 23
Songsters of the South	p. 37
Long Lonesome Blues	p. 53
Women's Trouble Blues	p. 69
Country Breakdown	p. 85
Times Tight Like That	p. 109
On the Road Again	p. 127
Second Thoughts on Seculars	p. 145
Locke's Questions	p. 159
Coda Post Proto-Blues	p. 171
Acknowledgments	p. 173
Notes	p. 177
Discography of Cited Titles	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 195
List of Illustrations	p. 201
Index of Names	p. 207
Subject Index	p. 213
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