78 blues : folksongs and phonographs in the American South / John Minton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minton, John, 1957-

Series:

American made music series.

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Southern States--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Folk songs--Southern States--History and criticism.

Folk songs.

Sound recordings--Southern States--History--20th century.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Seventy-eight blues

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When record men first traveled from Chicago or invited musicians to studios in New York, these entrepreneurs had no conception how their technology would change the dynamics of what constituted a musical performance. 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South covers a revolution in artist performance and audience perception through close examination of hundreds of key ""hillbilly"" and ""race"" records released between the 1920's and World War II. In the postwar period, regional strains recorded on pioneering 78 r.p.m. discs exploded into urban blues and R&B, honky-tonk and western

Contents:

Prelude: supposing we have us a little tune here

Learning to listen

True relations

Let's get this dance started

Here's one you can all sing right with us

A special prayer on the man that's a-catching the record

I ought to be recording right now

A corn licker still in Georgia

Coda: well folks, here we are again.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48592-X

9786612485923

1-60473-327-6

OCLC:

317403241