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Screening the Blues
The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions--musical and religious--and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.
Book Details
- Publisher: Da Capo Press
- Publish Date: Mar 22nd, 1989
- Pages: 302
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.29in - 5.43in - 0.71in - 0.77lb
- EAN: 9780306803444
- Categories: • Instruction & Study - Theory• Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B• History & Criticism - General
About the Author
Paul Oliver is the author of several books on the blues including Blues Off the Record.