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Blues unlimited : essential interviews from the original blues magazine / edited by Bill Greensmith, Mike Rowe, and Mark Camarigg ; foreword by Tony Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Music in American Life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
- Blues (Music).
- Blues musicians--United States--Interviews.
- Blues musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (497 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the then-nascent, now-legendary blues revival that reclaimed seminal figures like Son House and Skip James from obscurity. Throughout its history, Blues Unlimited heightened the literacy of blues fans, documented the latest news and career histories of countless musicians, and set the standard for revealing long-form interviews. Conducted by Bill Greensmith, Mike Leadbitter, Mike Rowe, John Broven, and others, and covering a who's who of blues masters, these essential interviews from Blues Unlimited shed light on their subjects while gleaning colorful detail from the rough and tumble of blues history. Here is Freddie King playing a string of one-nighters so grueling it destroys his car; five-year-old Fontella Bass gigging at St. Louis funeral homes; and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup rising from life in a packing crate to music stardom. Here, above all, is an eyewitness history of the blues written in neon lights and tears, an American epic of struggle and transcendence, of Saturday night triumphs and Sunday morning anonymity, of clean picking and dirty deals. Featuring interviews with: Fontella Bass, Ralph Bass, Fred Below, Juke Boy Bonner, Roy Brown, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Joe Dean, Henry Glover, L.C. Green, Dr. Hepcat, Red Holloway, Louise Johnson, Floyd Jones, Moody Jones, Freddie King, Big Maceo Merriweather, Walter Mitchell, Louis Myers, Johnny Otis, Snooky Pryor, Sparks Brothers, Jimmy Thomas, Jimmy Walker, and Baby Boy Warren.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Regional Blues; Part I Chicago; Freddie King; Jimmy Walker; Louis Myers; James Cotton; Red Holloway; Fred Below; The Old Swing-Masters:; Moody Jones; Floyd Jones; Snooky Pryor; Postscript; Part II Detroit; Baby Boy Warren; Big Maceo; Walter Mitchell; LC Green; Part III St. Louis; Jimmy Thomas; Joe Dean; Sparks Brothers; Fontella Bass; Part IV Mississippi; Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; Louise Johnson; Part V Texas; Juke Boy Bonner; Dr. Hepcat; Albert Collins; Part VI West Coast; Johnny Otis; Roy Brown
- Part VII Record MenHenry Glover; Ralph Bass; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Contained in: Blues unlimited.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09750-5
- OCLC:
- 922018263
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