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Screening the Blues

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The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780306803444
  • ISBN-10: 0306803445
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publish Date: March 1989
  • Dimensions: 8.29 x 5.43 x 0.71 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.77 pounds
  • Page Count: 302

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