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Author : James Baldwin
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312051044
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jimmy's Blues written by James Baldwin and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry echoes many of the themes and lyricism of Baldwin's essays and novels
Author : James Baldwin
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807084867
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems written by James Baldwin and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of the published poetry of James Baldwin, including six significant poems previously only available in a limited edition During his lifetime (1924–1987), James Baldwin authored seven novels, as well as several plays and essay collections, which were published to wide-spread praise. These books, among them Notes of a Native Son, The Fire Next Time, Giovanni’s Room, and Go Tell It on the Mountain, brought him well-deserved acclaim as a public intellectual and admiration as a writer. However, Baldwin’s earliest writing was in poetic form, and Baldwin considered himself a poet throughout his lifetime. Nonetheless, his single book of poetry, Jimmy’s Blues, never achieved the popularity of his novels and nonfiction, and is the one and only book to fall out of print. This new collection presents James Baldwin the poet, including all nineteen poems from Jimmy’s Blues, as well as all the poems from a limited-edition volume called Gypsy, of which only 325 copies were ever printed and which was in production at the time of his death. Known for his relentless honesty and startlingly prophetic insights on issues of race, gender, class, and poverty, Baldwin is just as enlightening and bold in his poetry as in his famous novels and essays. The poems range from the extended dramatic narratives of “Staggerlee wonders” and “Gypsy” to the lyrical beauty of “Some days,” which has been set to music and interpreted by such acclaimed artists as Audra McDonald. Nikky Finney’s introductory essay reveals the importance, relevance, and rich rewards of these little-known works. Baldwin’s many devotees will find much to celebrate in these pages.
Author : Jimmi Mayes
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617039160
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Amazing Jimmi Mayes written by Jimmi Mayes and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unforgettable life story of one amazing musician touring and playing with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Reed, Marvin Gaye, and many more
Author : David G. Whiteis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094778
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book Southern Soul-Blues written by David G. Whiteis and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era deep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances. Examining the history and development of southern soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of southern soul's most popular and important entertainers and provides first-hand accounts from the clubs, show lounges, festivals, and other local venues where these performers work. Profiles of veteran artists such as Denise LaSalle, the late J. Blackfoot, Latimore, and Bobby Rush--as well as contemporary artists T. K. Soul, Ms. Jody, Sweet Angel, Willie Clayton, and Sir Charles Jones--touch on issues of faith and sensuality, artistic identity and stereotyping, trickster antics, and future directions of the genre. These revealing discussions, drawing on extensive new interviews, also acknowledge the challenges of striving for mainstream popularity while still retaining the cultural and regional identity of the music and maintaining artistic ownership and control in the age of digital dissemination.
Author : Asie Payton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972435208
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)
Download or read book Darker Blues written by Asie Payton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 compact disc one is compilation of all fat possum artist. the other compact disc is of r.l. burnside
Author : Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455501360
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mo' Meta Blues written by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert Christgau A punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes, the philosophers, the heavyweights, and the true originals of the music world. He digs deep into the album cuts of his life and unearths some pivotal moments in black art, hip hop, and pop culture. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter. He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences--from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., the last hip hop band on Earth. Mo' Meta Blues also has some (many) random (or not) musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run-ins with celebrities, idols, and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS to D'Angelo to Jay-Z to Dave Chappelle to...you ever seen Prince roller-skate?!? But Mo' Meta Blues isn't just a memoir. It's a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with some post-modern blues. It's a book that questions what a book like Mo' Meta Bluesreally is. It's the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind. It's a rare gift that gives as well as takes. It's a record that keeps going around and around.
Author : Mike Rowe
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chicago Blues written by Mike Rowe and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1981-08-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago has always had a reputation as a "wide open town" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the birthplace of a distinctly urban blues-more sophisticated, cynical, and street-smart than the anguished songs of the Mississippi delta--a music called the Chicago blues. This is the history of that music and the dozens of black artists who congregated on the South and Near West Sides. Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Tampa Red, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, Eddie Taylor--all of these giants played throughout the city and created a musical style that had imitators and influence all over the world.
Author : Will Romano
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879308780
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Boss Man written by Will Romano and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcoholic. Epileptic. Technically challenged. Described as all this and worse, Jimmy Reed nevertheless overcame these roadblocks to become perhaps the most successful R&B/pop crossover artist of the '50s. In "Big Boss Man," musicians, family members, and those whose lives Reed touched offer revealing and heart-wrenching insights into this now-revered bluesman. Although Reed's alcoholism was no secret, its effect on his musicianship is less understood -- this and more is explored in this comprehensive biography of a classic bluesman.
Author : John Ganapes
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1476857385
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Blues You Can Use (Music Instruction) written by John Ganapes and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). A comprehensive source designed to help guitarists develop both lead and rhythm playing. Covers: Texas, Delta, R&B, early rock and roll, gospel, blues/rock and more. Includes 21 complete solos; chord progressions and riffs; turnarounds; moveable scales and more. The audio features leads and full band backing.
Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113672365X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Josh White written by Elijah Wald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early '30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s. He was famed both for his strong Civil Rights songs, which made him a favorite of the Roosevelts, and for his sexy stage persona. The king of Café Society-also home to Billie Holiday--he was the one bluesman to consistently pack the New York nightspots, and the first black singer-guitarist to act in Hollywood films and star on Broadway. In the 1950s, White's bitter compromise with the blacklisters left him with few friends on either end of the political spectrum. He spent much of the decade in Europe, then came back strong in the 1960s folk revival. By 1963, he was voted one of America's top three male folk stars, but his health was failing and he did not survive the decade. Written in an engaging style, Society Blues portrays the difficult balancing act that all black performers must face in a predominantly white culture. Through the twists and turns of White's life, it traces the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interested in the history of American popular culture, as well as a fascinating life story. Visit the author's website to see the Josh White photo gallery and learn more about Elijah Wald.
