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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz

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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.
Author
Abbott, Lynn, 1946-
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

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Additional Authors
Seroff, Doug.
Description
viii, 461 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
American made music series
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.
Contents
Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.
Call Number
Sc F 07-223
ISBN
  • 1578069017 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781578069019 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006015009
OCLC
68416847
Author
Abbott, Lynn, 1946-
Title
Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
American made music series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.
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Added Author
Seroff, Doug.
Research Call Number
Sc F 07-223
JMF 07-830
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