How Britain got the blues : the transmission and reception of American blues style in the United Kingdom / Roberta Freund Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Roberta Freund.

Series:

Ashgate popular and folk music series.

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music)--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Blues (Music)--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960's. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz analyses the transmission of blues records to England, from the first recordings to hit English shores to the end of the sixties.

Contents:

Jazz reception in Britain : misunderstandings and recordings in exile

The first time I met the blues : blues arrives in Britain

1953-1957 : the problem of the new

1957-1962 : the blues revival, part I

London : the new Chicago! : the R&B boom of 1963-1965

Blues at the crossroads : the British blues revival part III, 1965-1970.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-259) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58713-0

1-317-12094-9

1-317-12093-0

1-281-20852-3

9786611208523

0-7546-8720-1

9781315587134

OCLC:

648331738