The blues: a very short introduction


Elijah Wald
Bok Engelsk · Electronic books.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press
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1 online resource (153 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction: what is blues?; Part I: A short history of blues; 1 Roots of the blues; 2 Prewar blues; 3 Modern blues; Part II: Blues in American culture; 4 Blues and jazz; 5 Blues and country music; 6 The language and poetry of the blues; References; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. - Praised as ""suave, soulful, ebullient"" (Tom Waits) and ""a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian"" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture. It is not an easy thing to pin down. As Howlin' Wolf once described it, ""When you ain't got no money and can't pay your house rent and can't buy you no food, you've damn sure got the blues."" It has been defined by lyrical structure, or as a progression of chords, or as a set of practices ref
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9780195398939

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