I feel so good : the life and times of Big Bill Broonzy / Bob Riesman ; foreword by Peter Guralnick ; appreciation by Pete Townshend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riesman, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.

Broonzy, Big Bill.

African American musicians--Biography.

African American musicians.

Blues musicians--United States--Biography.

Blues musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the electrified sound that was beginning to emerge in Chicago. This, however, was just one step in his remarkable journey: Big Bill was constantly reinventing himself, both in reality and in his retellings of it. Bob Riesman's groundbreaking biography tells the compelling life story of a lost figure from the annals of music history. <

Contents:

Swing low, sweet chariot

My name is William Lee Conley Broonzy

When will I get to be called a man?

Let's go away from here!

"I'm gonna play this guitar tonight from A to Z!"

Serve it to me right

State Street boys

Just a dream

Big Bill and Josh are here to play the blues for you

Preachin' the blues

Blues at midnight

"That's the nicest guy I ever met in my life"

Stranger in a strange land

Nourish yourself on Big Bill

"Be proud of what you are!"

Too many isms

Low light and blue smoke

"A requiem for the blues"

Epilogue

Afterword

Selected discography

Bill on film.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613362773

9781283362771

1283362775

9780226717487

0226717488

OCLC:

772845718