Blues mandolin man : the life and music of Yank Rachell / Richard Congress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Congress, Richard.

Series:

American made music series.

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues musicians--United States--Biography.

Blues musicians.

African American musicians--Biography.

African American musicians.

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Rachell, Yank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yank Rachell and his mandolin playing style moved every musician lucky enough to hear him perform in the early sixties. When he died in April 1997, he left behind a stack of unanswered requests to tour Europe and to play blues festivals in the United States. In Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music of Yank Rachell, Richard Congress delivers the first biography of a family man whose playing inspired and energized the likes of David Honeyboy Edwards, Sleepy John Estes, and Henry Townsend. No other biography discusses the mandolin's influence and role in the blues. Guitar great Ry Cooder said, "

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Blues Mandolin Man; Appendix 1 Comments on Yank Rachell's Mandolin Style; Appendix 2 Comments on Yank Rachell's Guitar Style; Appendix 3 Interviews; Appendix 4 Musicians; Appendix 5 Brownsville Lynching; Discography; Selected Song Lyrics; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178), discography (p. 143-157), and index.

ISBN:

1-283-38202-4

9786613382023

1-60473-597-X

OCLC:

773827015