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Early blues : the first stars of blues guitar
- Title
- Early blues : the first stars of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht.
- Author
- Obrecht, Jas
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 259 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Subjects
- Blues musicians > United States
- Blues (Music) > 20th century > History and criticism
- Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938
- Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966
- Weaver, Sylvester
- Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929
- Guitarists > United States
- Blues musicians > United States > Criticism and interpretation
- Johnson, Blind Willie
- Tampa Red, 1904-1981
- African American jazz musicians > Criticism and interpretation
- African American musicians > Criticism and interpretation
- Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970
- African American guitarists > Criticism and interpretation
- McTell, Blind Willie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record -- Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer -- Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast -- Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar -- Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king -- Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues -- Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist -- Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman -- Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard".
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-1790
- ISBN
- 9780816698042
- 081669804X
- 9780816698059
- 0816698058
- LCCN
- 2015023632
- OCLC
- 907650932
- Author
- Obrecht, Jas, author.
- Title
- Early blues : the first stars of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-1790