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Author Oakley, Giles
Title The Devil's music : a history of the blues / Giles Oakley
Imprint New York : Da Capo Press, 1997
Edition 2nd ed., updated

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CWRU Rock Hall Library Reading Room (Contact the Rock Hall Library & Archives - library@rockhall.org) ML3521 .O15 1997 LIB USE ONLY
CWRU KSL 1st Floor Kulas Music Books ML3521.O15 1997 AVAILABLE
Oberlin College Con Books ML3521 .O18 1997 AVAILABLE
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Contents

 Preface to the second edition7
 Introduction9
 Slavery13
 Nigger Minstrels and coon songs21
 From emancipation to segregation24
 From minstrels to ragtime29
 Early New Orleans jazz and blues32
 Work and song35
 W. C. Handy40
 Charley Patton49
 Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas'56
 Lead Belly63
 The barrelhouse circuit and the 'Piney Woods'68
 Migration74
 Crazy blues83
 Showbiz blues I: The tent shows88
 Ma Rainey91
 Showbiz blues 2: The theatres95
 Bessie Smith97
 Women's blues101
 The men start recording111
 Field recordings120
 Atlanta122
 Memphis128
 The Depression145
 City blues157
 Blues in St Louis167
 Blues in Chicago174
 The rural South184
 Blues in the South190
 Post-war blues207
 The end of an era216
 Say it loud228
 Dealing with the Devil - Into the Nineties235
 Blues as Heritage239
 Blues Down Home - The New South245
 The Malaco Story246
 New South - New Blues248
 Gonna Be Some Changes Made250
 Chicago Blues Today251
 The Strong Persuaders253
 Sources and acknowledgements259
 Selected bibliography282
 Selected discography287
 General Index291
 Index of Songs306
 Picture credits310
Description 311 pages : ill,, 22 cm
Note "First Da Capo Press edition"--T.p. verso
Originally published: London, 1983. With new afterword by the author
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-286), discography (pages 287-290), and indexes
Contents Slavery -- Nigger Minstrels and coon songs -- From emancipation to segregation -- From minstrels to ragtime -- Early New Orleans jazz and blues -- Work and song -- W. C. Handy -- Charley Patton -- Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas' -- Lead Belly -- The barrelhouse circuit and the 'Piney Woods' -- Migration -- Crazy blues -- Showbiz blues I: The tent shows -- Ma Rainey -- Showbiz blues 2: The theatres -- Bessie Smith -- Women's blues -- The men start recording -- Field recordings -- Atlanta -- Memphis -- The Depression -- City blues -- Blues in St Louis -- Blues in Chicago -- The rural South -- Blues in the South -- Post-war blues -- The end of an era -- Say it loud -- Dealing with the Devil -- Into the Nineties -- Blues as Heritage -- Blues Down Home -- The New South -- The Malaco Story -- New South -- New Blues -- Gonna Be Some Changes Made -- Chicago Blues Today -- The Strong Persuaders
Summary The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African Americans. From its roots in the turn-of-the-century honky-tonks of New Orleans and the barrelhouses and plantations of the Mississippi Delta to modern legends such as John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, the blues comes alive here through accounts by the blues musicians themselves and those who knew them. Throughout this wide-ranging and fascinating book, BBC-TV producer Giles Oakley describes the texture of the life that made the blues possible, and the changing attitudes towards the music. The Devil's Music is a wholehearted and loving examination of one of America's most powerful traditions
Acquisition Note Jane Scott Papers; Gift: Jane Scott. OhClRRL
Subjects Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
Alt Name Scott, Jane, 1919-2011, donor
Jane Scott Papers (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Library and Archives)
Other Titles History of the blues
LC NO ML3521 .O18 1997
Dewey No 781.643/0973 21
OCLC # 36130741
Isn/Std # (OCoLC)36130741
ISBN 0306807432
9780306807435
LCCN 96052633

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