Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast (Paperback)

Drawing on archives and interviews with musicians, Red River Blues remains an acclaimed work of blues scholarship. Bruce Bastin traces the origins of the music to the turn of the twentieth century, when African Americans rejected slave songs, worksongs, and minstrel music in favor of a potent new vehicle for secular musical expression. Bastin looks at the blues' early emerging popularity and its spread via the Great Migration, delves into a wealth of field recordings, and looks at the careers of Brownie McGhee, Blind Boy Fuller, Curly Weaver, Sonny Terry, and many other foundational artists.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Music in American Life
Release date:	October 1995
First published:	October 1995
Authors:	Bruce Bastin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-06521-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues
LSN:	0-252-06521-2
Barcode:	9780252065217

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