Blues music in the sixties : a story in Black and White / Ulrich Adelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adelt, Ulrich, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music)--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can a type of music be "owned"? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, Blues Music in the Sixties shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. In the 1960's, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness--especially black masculinity--remained a marker of authenticity. Crossing color lines and mixing the beats of B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Janis Joplin; the Newport Folk Festival and the American Folk Blues Festival; and publications such as Living Blues, Ulrich Adelt discusses these developments, including the international aspects of the blues. He highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics and addresses the impact and involvement of audiences and cultural brokers.

Contents:

Being Black twice : crossover politics in B.B. King's music of the late 1960s

Like I was a bear or somethin' : blues performances at the Newport Folk Festival

Trying to find an identity : Eric Clapton's changing conception of blackness

Germany gets the blues : race and nation at the American Folk Blues Festival

Enough to make you want to sing the blues : Janis Joplin's life and music

Resegregating the blues : race and authenticity in the pages of Living blues.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178), discography (p. 179-181), and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4948-5

OCLC:

655853828