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An edition of Blue rhythms (1996)

Blue rhythms

six lives in rhythm and blues

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The high times and hard times of six of the greatest living rhythm and blues artists unfold in the pages of Blue Rhythms. In this vivid slice of oral history.

Chip Deffaa profiles Ruth Brown, the most popular female black singer of the early 1950s; LaVern Baker, who succeeded Brown; Little Jimmy Scott, who Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry; Charles Brown, master of the "club blues" style he popularized; Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow traveler; and Jimmy Witherspoon, whose blend of earthiness and urbanity helped earn him as big an r&b hit as was ever recorded.

Deffaa deals not only with the performers' music but also with their struggles against racism and financial exploitation. The work is illustrated with more than forty photographs.

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University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Pages
301

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Subjects
Biography, History and criticism, Rhythm and blues music, Singers, United States, Blues musicians, Musicians, biography, Singers, united states, Singers, biography
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United States

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Blue rhythms: six lives in rhythm and blues
2000, Da Capo Press
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Blue rhythms: six lives in rhythm and blues
1996, University of Illinois Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Book Details

Table of Contents

Ruth Brown
Little Jimmy Scott
Charles Brown
Floyd Dixon
LaVern Baker
Jimmy Witherspoon.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.

Published in
Urbana
Series
Music in American life

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.643/092/273, B
Library of Congress
ML400 .D4 1996, ML400.D4 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 301 p. :
Number of pages
301

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Open Library
OL1273065M
Internet Archive
bluerhythmssixli00deff
ISBN 10
0252022033
LCCN
95004414
OCLC/WorldCat
32627349
Library Thing
7830672
Goodreads
1084527

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