Journeyman's road : modern blues lives from Faulkner's Mississippi to post-9/11 New York / Adam Gussow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gussow, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues musicians--United States.

Blues musicians.

Mister Satan, 1936-2020.

Mister Satan.

Gussow, Adam.

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Blues (Music) in literature.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2007]

Contents:

Walking the walk. Life with Mister Satan. Winter blues ; Sweet home Italia ; Playing the booze ; Taking it to the streets ; The New York blues scene. Requiem for an East Village juke-joint (part one) ; Requiem for an East Village juke-joint (part two) ; Amp love (part one) ; Amp love (part two) ; Amp love (part three) ; Big Apple blues : the New York scene ; I'm ready : a Chicago bluesman's New York tale ; Good luck kid ; Howl at the moon ; Real blues on Broadway ; Breakdowns and revivals. Been here and gone ; Playing from the heart ; A path with heart ; Lowdown blues and the holy spirit ; A great night in Harlem

Talking the talk. Sitting in ; Making your big move : the devil's guide to jam session etiquette ; Whose blues? Eight infuriating (or hope-inducing) half-truths about the modern blues scene ; Back to school. Is or ain't your blues like mine? A brief critical history of white blues literature ; Plaintive reiterations and meaningless strains : Faulkner's blues understandings. Blues literature and the proximity effect ; Pop, regional, homespun : Faulkner's blues education ; Representing the blues ; Where is the love? Racial violence, racial healing, and blues communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-188).

ISBN:

9781572335691

1572335696

OCLC:

77334057