I'd Rather Be the Devil : Skip James and the Blues.
Başlık:
I'd Rather Be the Devil : Skip James and the Blues.
Yazar:
Calt, Stephen.
ISBN:
9781569769966
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (401 pages)
İçerik:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part One -- 1. The Blues Singer -- 2. The Researcher -- 3. The Quarry -- 4. Looking Back -- Part Two -- 5. Woodbine -- 6. The Birth Of The Blues -- 7. The Buck Rabbit -- 8. The Young Sport -- Part Three -- 9. The Bootlegger -- 10. The Musician -- 11. The Performer -- 12. The Devil Woman -- 13. The Songwriter -- 14. The Murderous Music Cat -- Part Four -- 15. Recording -- 16. Greatness At Grafton -- 17. Releasin's -- 18. The Convert -- 19. Devil Got Religion -- 20. The Prodigal Son -- 21. Limbo -- 22. Resumption -- 23. Recognition -- 24. The Delta -- Part Five -- 25. The Prospectors -- 26. The Folk Movement -- 27. The Fan -- 28. Newport -- 29. Washington -- 30. The Sick Man -- 31. Air Puddings -- Part Six -- 32. The Age of Aquarius -- 33. The Impostor -- 34. The Barrel Of Crabs -- 35. Scorpions -- 36. The Funeral -- 37. The Burying Ground -- 38. The Man Nobody Knew -- Afterword -- Transcription: Devil Got My Woman -- Appendix: Idioms -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Song Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Özet:
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," and "22-20 Blues" are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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