Deep blues / Robert Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Robert, 1945-1997.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Physical Description:

viii, 310 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1982, c1981.

Summary:

Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation. Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B. B. King, and many others.

Contents:

Prologue: "It Wasn't No Big Money, but We's Doin' It" 1

Chapter 1 Beginnings 23

Chapter 2 Heart Like Railroad Steel 48

Chapter 3 Mojo Hand 95

Chapter 4 Chicago Pep 132

Chapter 5 King Biscuit Time 173

Chapter 6 I Believe I'll Dust My Broom 199

Chapter 7 Kings of Rhythm 217

Epilogue: The World Boogie 255.

Notes:

Includes index.

Discography: pages [279]-293.

Bibliography: pages [295]-299.

ISBN:

0140062238

OCLC:

8168726