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Wichita blues : music in the African American community / Patrick Joseph O'Connor ; foreword by Dr. David H. Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, Patrick Joseph, 1948- author.
- Series:
- American made music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blues (Music)--Kansas--Wichita--History and criticism.
- Blues (Music).
- Blues musicians--Kansas--Wichita--Interviews.
- Blues musicians.
- African American musicians--Kansas--Wichita--Interviews.
- African American musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Early African Americans in Kansas: cowboys, soldiers, settlers, and minstrels
- Chapter Two: Early urban centers in Kansas: Topeka and Wichita
- Chapter Three: The 1930s: Walton Morgan, Shirley Green, Perry Reed
- Chapter Four: The 1940s: Gene Metcalf, Harold Cary, Arthur Bates
- Chapter Five: The 1950s: Franklin Mitchell, Jerry Childers, Henry Walker
- Chapter Six: Folk artists in the 1950s: Harmonica Chuck, Albert Tucker
- Chapter Seven: The 1950s Oklahoma influence: Jesse Anderson, Donald Dunn, Berry Harris, Charles Walker, Remona Hicks
- Chapter Eight: The 1960s: Joe Lotson, Ray Valentine, Barbara Kerr
- Chapter Nine: Discussion of results: narrative analysis; Wichita, its importance in blues history
- Appendix: Jazz performers who played prewar Wichita
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Connor, Patrick Joseph, 1948- Wichita blues
- ISBN:
- 9781496852960
- 1496852966
- 9781496852991
- 1496852990
- 9781496852984
- 1496852982
- 9781496852977
- 1496852974
- Publisher Number:
- 40032433105
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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