Listen to the Blues! : Exploring a Musical Genre / James E. Perone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perone, James E., author.

Series:

Exploring Musical Genres.

Exploring Musical Genres

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues musicians--United States.

Blues musicians.

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Greenwood, 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Listen to the Blues! Exploring A Musical Genre provides an overview of this distinctly American musical genre for fans of the blues and curious readers alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear artists, albums, and subgenres. Unlike other books on the blues, which tend to focus on musician biographies, Listen to the Blues! devotes time to the compositions, recordings, and musical legacies of blues musicians from the early 20th century to the present. Although the author references musical structure, harmony, form, and other musical concepts, the volume avoids technical language; therefore, it is a volume that should be of interest to the casual blues fan, to students of blues music and its history, and to more serious blues fans. The chapters on the impact of the blues on popular culture and the legacy of the blues also put the genre in a broader historical context than what is found in many books on the blues. The book opens with a background chapter that provides an overview of the history and structure of blues music. A substantial, encyclopedic chapter that focuses on 50 must-hear blues musicians follows, as does a chapter that explores the impact on popular culture of blues music and musicians and a chapter that focuses on the legacy of the genre. A bibliography rounds out the work.

Contents:

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Background 2 Must-Hear Music Blues Rock Big Bill Broonzy The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Albert Collins Robert Cray "Cross Road Blues" Willie Dixon The Early 1960s' London Blues Scene "Folsom Prison Blues" Gospel Music and the Blues Guitar Slim and "The Things I Used to Do" Buddy Guy Hokum Blues and Ragtime Songs John Lee Hooker Lightnin' Hopkins Son House Howlin' Wolf Instrumental Blues on the Pop Charts: Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Ventures Elmore James Etta James Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson Louis Jordan and Jump Blues Keb' Mo' and the Late-20th-Century Resurgence of the Blues Albert King B.B. King: Live at the Regal Freddie King Lead Belly J.B. Lenoir and the Blues as a Political Statement Little Walter Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Jazz, and the Blues Muddy Waters Charley Patton Ma Rainey Jimmy Reed Rockabilly and Early Rock and Roll Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and the Country Connection to the Blues Seasick Steve and the Legacy of the Homemade Guitar Slim Harpo Bessie Smith Otis Spann "Sweet Home Chicago" Taj Mahal T-Bone Walker Johnny "Guitar" Watson Junior Wells Josh White Big Joe Williams Sonny Boy Williamson I Sonny Boy Williamson II 3 Impact on Popular Culture 4 Legacy Bibliography Index

ISBN:

9798400679865

9798216112020

9781440866159

1440866155

OCLC:

1390968285