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9780252065217

Red River Blues

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  • ISBN13:

    9780252065217

  • ISBN10:

    0252065212

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

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Summary

This story of the origins and evolution of the American blues tradition draws on oral history interviews and research into neglected primary sources. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Bruce Bastin holds a graduate degree in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native of England, he is the author of Crying for the Carolines and Never Sell a Copyright and managing director of Interstate Music, Ltd., East Sussex, England.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
Preface xvii
The Background of the Blues
3(8)
The Emergence of the Blues
11(16)
The Geographical Base
27(25)
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1920s and 1930s
52(20)
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1940s
72(15)
Atlanta Strut: The Pianists
87(9)
Goin' to Town
96(29)
Down in Atlanta, G. A.
125(25)
Goin' Down in Georgia: Georgia Blues Today
150(16)
Greenville Sheik
166(14)
On Up the Road
180(23)
Bull City Blues: Durham, North Carolina
203(11)
Blind Boy Fuller
214(27)
Blind Gary Davis in North Carolina
241(13)
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
254(18)
Other Blues in North Carolina
272(22)
Goin' to Richmond: Virginia and the Northern Border Regions
294(21)
Goin' Up the Country: The Migration North
315(30)
Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More
345(4)
General Index 349(24)
Tune Index 373

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