David Evans Big Road Blues (Paperback)
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Further Details Title: Big Road Blues Condition: New Subtitle: Tradition And Creativity In The Folk Blues ISBN-10: 0306803003 EAN: 9780306803000 ISBN: 9780306803000 Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc Format: Paperback Release Date: 08/22/1987 Description: This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical form been examined so scrupulously. Evans traces the impact of commercialism, especially the phonograph record, on blues history, as well as the various local traditions that produce a given blues tune and text. The author has done extensive field work in Mississippi and provides here a structure for understanding not only the blues but almost any other oral literature from other cultures. This book won the University of Chicago Folklore Prize. All of the greatest blues singers - Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blink Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson - are discussed in relation to their predecessors and followers. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 227mm Item Length: 153mm Item Width: 24mm Item Weight: 534g Author: David Evans Genre: Music Dance & Theatre Release Year: 1987 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
