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Blue smoke : the recorded journey of Big Bill Broonzy / Roger House.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- House, Roger, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blues musicians--United States--Biography.
- Blues musicians.
- Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.
- Broonzy, Big Bill.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A contemporary of blues greats Blind Blake, Tampa Red, and Papa Charlie Jackson, Chicago blues artist William "Big Bill" Broonzy influenced an array of postwar musicians, including Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, and J. B. Lenior. In Blue Smoke, Roger House tells the extraordinary story of "Big Bill," a working-class bluesman whose circumstances offer a window into the dramatic social transformations faced by African Americans during the first half of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Born in the "age of blues"
- "Makin' my get away"
- "House rent stomp"
- "Stuff they call money"
- "Done got wise"
- Blacks, whites, and blues
- Final days.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8071-3809-6
- OCLC:
- 680039513
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