Late in the 1960s, when I was playing guitar in Lazy Bill Lucas's blues band, I asked him what the phrase down home meant.
An edition of Early Downhome Blues
(1977)
Early downhome blues
a musical and cultural analysis
2nd ed.
by Jeff Todd Titon, Jeff Titon, and Jeff Todd Titon
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Hailed as a classic in music studies when it was first published in 1977, Early Downhome Blues is a detailed look at traditional country blues artists and their work. A compact disk including nineteen outstanding examples of early blues music is included with this new edition.
Combining musical analysis and cultural history, Titon examines the origins of downhome blues in the African American tradition. He also explores what happened to the art form when the blues were commercially recorded and became part of the larger American culture. From forty-eight musical transcriptions, Titon derives a grammar of early downhome blues melody. His book is enriched with the recollections of blues performers, audience members, and those working in the recording industry.
In a new afterword, Titon reflects on the genesis of this book in the blues revival of the 1960s and the politics of tourism in the current revival under way.
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Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis
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Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis (Cultural Studies of the United States)
February 28, 1995, The University of North Carolina Press
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Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis/Book and Cd (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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Early downhome blues: a musical and cultural analysis
1994, University of North Carolina Press
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Early Downhome Blues: a musical and cultural analysis
1979, University of Illinois Press
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Early downhome blues: a musical and cultural analysis
1977, University of Illinois Press
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EARLY DOWNHOME BLUES-1ST
January 1, 1977, University of Illinois Press
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1977, in series: Music in American life.
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