This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of
exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it
more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where
the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully
explored than the musical form. Focusing on the songs recorded by
African-American singers for pre-World War Two commercial recording
companies, this is an excellent structural analysis of the
formulaic composistion of blues lyrics. This book gives a
step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic
structure and inspires new discussion of lyric structures. A wide
array of readers will find this insightful and informative: from
students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and
linguistics, to Blues fans fascinated by exactly how the lyrics of
this influential music style are written.
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