Big Road Blues

Author : David Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520034846
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Road Blues written by David Evans and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the processes of compostion, learning, and performance used by Southern black folk blues singers.

Author : David Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520333772
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Road Blues written by David Evans and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Maberry
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496705424
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Road Blues written by Jonathan Maberry and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small town once haunted by a serial killer braces for a new evil in this debut horror novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Ink. Thirty years ago, a blues musician called the Bone Man killed the devil at the crossroads, only to be beaten and hung like a scarecrow in a cornfield—or so the story goes. Today, the people of Pine Deep celebrate their town’s grisly past by luring tourists to the famous haunted hayride, full of chills and scares. But this year as Halloween approaches, “The Spookiest Town in America” will learn the true meaning of fear. Its residents will see the real face of evil lurking behind the masks of ordinary people. They will feel it—in their hearts, in their bones, in their nightmares. Because evil never dies. It only grows stronger . . . Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel First in the Pine Deep Trilogy Praise for Ghost Road Blues “Maberry supplies plenty of chills, both Earth-bound and otherworldly, in this atmospheric horror novel . . . . This is horror on a grand scale, reminiscent of Stephen King’s heftier works.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Jonathan Maberry “Jonathan Maberry’s horror is rich and visceral. It’s close to the heart . . . and close to the jugular.” —Kevin J. Anderson “Maberry has the chops to craft stories at once intimate, epic, real, and horrific.” —Bentley Little “Maberry spins great stories. His (Pine Deep) vampire novels are unique and masterful.” —Richard Matheson “Maberry’s works will be read for many, many years to come.” —Ray Bradbury

Author : Mark Hummel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578097671
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Road Blues-12 Bars on I-80 written by Mark Hummel and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Mark Hummel established himself in the music scene San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, Hummel performed with Boogie Jake, Sonny Lane, Cool Papa Sadler, Mississippi Johnny Waters, and dozens of other renown blues performers and icons. Mark formed the Blues Survivors in 1980, and the band, in one form or another, has been on the road with Mark ever since. Over the years Hummel has toured or recorded with Sue Foley, Charles Brown, Brownie McGhee, Willie Big Eyes Smith, James Cotton, Dave Myers, Charlie Musselwhite, and Frank Paris Slim Goldwasser. Hummel has also toured with Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Rogers, and Eddie Taylor; live recordings from those tours are available on his CD compilation Chicago Blues Party. In addition to playing in blues clubs across the U.S. and throughout Europe, Hummel and the Blues Survivors have performed at the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Sonora Blues Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival, the King Biscuit Blues Festival, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. He has also contributed CD reviews to Blues Wax, an online weekly blues music magazine, and written extensively for his blog on the Mark Hummel website.

Author : Robert Sacre
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496816161
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley Patton written by Robert Sacre and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by Luther Allison, John Broven, Daniel Droixhe, David Evans, William Ferris, Jim O'Neal, Mike Rowe, Robert Sacré, Arnold Shaw, and Dick Shurman Fifty years after Charley Patton's death in 1934, a team of blues experts gathered five thousand miles from Dockery Farms at the University of Liege in Belgium to honor the life and music of the most influential artist of the Mississippi Delta blues. This volume brings together essays from that international symposium on Charley Patton and Mississippi blues traditions, influences, and comparisons. Originally published by Presses Universitaires de Liège in Belgium, this collection has been revised and updated with a new foreword by William Ferris, new images added, and some essays translated into English for the first time. Patton's personal life and his recorded music bear witness to how he endured and prevailed in his struggle as a black man during the early twentieth century. Within this volume, that story offers hope and wonder. Organized in two parts--"Origins and Traditions" and "Comparison with Other Regional Styles and Mutual Influence"--the essays create an invaluable resource on the life and music of this early master. Written by a distinguished group of scholars, these pieces secure the legacy of Charley Patton as the fountainhead of Mississippi Delta blues.

Author : James Charles Cobb
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820321394
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redefining Southern Culture written by James Charles Cobb and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cobb, "surveys the remarkable story of southern identity and its persistence in the face of sweeping changes in the South's economy, society and political structure."--dust jacket.

Author : David Huhn Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues written by David Huhn Evans and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dean Alger
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574415468
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Original Guitar Hero and the Power of Music written by Dean Alger and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonnie Johnson (1894–1970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father’s band at an early age. When most of his family was wiped out by the 1918 flu epidemic, he and his surviving brother moved to St. Louis, where he won a blues contest that included a recording contract. His career was launched. Johnson can be heard on many Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong records, including the latter’s famous “Savoy Blues” with the Hot Five. He is perhaps best known for his 12-string guitar solos and his ground-breaking recordings with the white guitarist Eddie Lang in the late 1920s. After World War II he began playing rhythm and blues and continued to record and tour until his death. This is the first full-length work on Johnson. Dean Alger answers many biographical mysteries, including how many members of Johnson’s large family were left after the epidemic. It also places Johnson and his musical contemporaries in the context of American race relations and argues for the importance of music in the fight for civil rights. Finally, Alger analyzes Johnson’s major recordings in terms of technique and style. Distribution of an accompanying music CD will be coordinated with the release of this book.

Author : Stefan Grossman
Publisher : Oak Publications
ISBN 13 : 1783235608
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oak Anthology of Blues Guitar: Delta Blues written by Stefan Grossman and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 1969-06-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many intellectual curiosities about the blues. It has always seemed a phenomenon that the guitar styles that came out of the South during the twenties and thirties could be differentiated by their regional characteristics. On hearing a strange new artist, one can almost pinpoint his city of origin through his guitar technique. The Mississippi Delta produced a sound distinct from that of Texas. Atlanta had a very popular style that seems to have been confined to that city. The music of Louisiana has a weird voodoo texture, while the Carolinas produced another totally different sound. Music is quite a powerful tool. Words of explanation can never express the impact of a musical experience. I am going to attempt to teach the music of some great guitar bluesmen. It is not going to be isolated and picked apart, but presented with its historical value as well as personal and emotional value. Words will not be my tools for this venture; instead I will incorporate photographs and interview to describe these feelings.

Author : Gérard Herzhaft
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557284520
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Blues written by Gérard Herzhaft and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he popular Encyclopedia of the Blues, first published by the University of Arkansas Press in 1992 and reprinted six times, has become an indispensable reference source for all involved with or intrigued by the music. The work alphabetizes hundreds of biographical entries, presenting detailed examinations of the performers and of the instruments, trends, recordings, and producers who have created and popularized this truly American art form.