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Big Road Blues

Paperback • 1987 • English

Big Road Blues

By David Evans

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About the book

This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical form been examined so scrupulously. Evans traces the impact of commercialism, especially the phonograph record, on blues history, as well as the various local traditions that produce a given blues tune and text. The author has done extensive field work in Mississippi and provides here a structure for understanding not only the blues but almost any oth...Show more

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ISBN

9780306803000

Publisher

Da Capo Press Inc

Published year

1987

Language

English

Original title

Big Road Blues

Format

Paperback

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