Research Catalog

Title

R. Crumb's heroes of blues, jazz, & country / illustrated by R. Crumb ; text by Stephen Calt, David Jasen, and Richard Nevins ; introduction by Terry Zwigoff.

Author

Calt, Stephen

Publication

New York : Abrams, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Crumb, R.
• Jasen, David A.
• Nevins, Richard

Description

238 p. : col. ill.; 19 cm. +

Summary

Presents brief biographies of musical innovators in blues, jazz, and country music along with original illustrations by R. Crumb.

Alternative Title

• R. Crumb's heroes of blues, jazz, and country
• Heroes of blues, jazz, & country
• Blues, jazz, & country

Subject

• Blues musicians > Biography
• Jazz musicians > Biography
• Country musicians > Biography

Genre/Form

Compact discs.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• William Moore -- Peg Leg Howell -- Clifford Gibson -- Blind Blake -- Frank Stokes -- Jaybird Coleman -- Blind Willie Johnson -- Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell -- Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen -- Whistler and His Jug Band -- The Mississippi Sheiks (Walter Vinson, Lonnie -- Chatmon, Bo Carter) -- Rube Lacey -- Skip James -- Bo-Weavil Jackson -- Furry Lewis -- Sam Collins -- Ramblin' Thomas -- Sleepy John Estes -- Cannon's Jug Stompers (Gus Cannon, Ashley -- Thompson, Noah Lewis) -- The Memphis Jug Band (Will Shade, Ben Ramey, -- Charles Polk, Will Weldon) -- Big Bill Broonzy -- Roosevelt Sykes -- Blind Gary Davis -- Papa Charlie Jackson -- Charley Patton -- Buddy Boy Hawkins -- Barbecue Bob -- Ed Bell -- Blind Willie McTell -- Son House -- Memphis Minnie -- Mississippi John Hurt -- Tommy Johnson -- Peetie Wheatstraw -- Bo Carter -- Early Jazz Greats -- "Bix" Beiderbecke -- Coleman Hawkins -- "Jelly Roll" Morton -- Louis Armstrong -- Lil Hardin -- Johnny Dodds -- Eddie Lang -- Junie C. Cobb -- Joe "King" Oliver -- Ikey Robinson -- Roy Palmer -- Jack Teagarden -- Jabbo Smith -- Joseph "Wingy" Mannone -- "Pops" Foster -- Steve Brown -- Earl Hines -- Jimmy Blythe -- James P. Johnson -- "Tiny" Parham -- "Duke" Ellington -- Sidney Bechet -- Freddie Keppard -- Thomas "Fats" Waller -- "Muggsy" Spanier -- Lammar Wright -- Bennie Moten -- Frank Trumbauer -- Mary Lou Williams -- Ernest "Punch" Miller -- Eddie South.
• Alex Hill -- Joe Venuti -- Fletcher Henderson -- Jimmy Noone -- Benny Goodman -- Pioneers of Country Music -- Andy Palmer of Jimmie Johnson's String Band -- Eck Robertson and Family -- Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters -- Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers -- Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers -- Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers -- Carter Family -- Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio -- Ted Gossett of Ted Gossett's String Band -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Harry "Mac" McClintock -- Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters -- Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit Jar Drinkers -- Burnett and Rutherford -- Mumford Bean and His Itawambians -- Shelor Family -- W.T. Narmour and S.W. Smith -- Ray Brothers -- The Tennessee Ramblers -- Ernest Stoneman and the Blue Ridge Cornhuskers -- Shepherd Brothers -- Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers -- Jimmie and George Carter of Carter Brothers and Son -- Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers -- Paul Miles and his Red Fox Chasers -- Roane County Ramblers -- Frank Blevins and His Tar Heel Rattlers -- Fiddlin' Bob Larkin and His Music Makers -- Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters -- Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers -- East Texas Serenaders -- "Dock" Boggs -- Fiddlin' Powers and Family -- Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers -- Weems String Band -- Leake County Revelers -- Wilmer Watts -- South Georgia Highballers -- Happy Hayseeds -- Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers.
• Contents of CD: Heroes of the Blues: On the road again / Memphis Jug Band -- Dark night blues / Blind Willie McTell -- Minglewood blues / Cannon's Jug Stompers -- Hard time killin' floor blues / Skip James -- I'm gonna cross the river of Jordan-Some o' these days / Jaybird Coleman -- High water everywhere / Charley Patton -- I got mine / Frank Stokes -- Pioneers of country music: Sugar baby / "Dock" Boggs -- Big Bend gal / Shelor Family -- The peddler and his wife / Hayes Shepherd -- Little rabbit / Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers -- All night long blues / Bernett & Rutherford -- Mineola rag / East Texas Serenaders -- Greenback dollar / Weems String Band -- Early jazz greats: Kater Street rag / Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -- Sobbin' blues / "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (w/ Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Lil Hardin) -- Mojo strut / Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators (w/ "Tiny" Parham & Junie C. Cobb) -- Somebody stole my gal / Frankie Franko & his Louisianians (w/ Ernest "Punch" Miller) -- Wild cat blues / Clarence Williams' Blue Five (w/ Sidney Bechet) -- Kansas City stomps / "Jelly Roll" Morton's Red Hot Peppers -- King Joe / Jimmy Noone.

ISBN

0810930862 (hardcover with jacket, includes 21-track audio cd)

LCCN

^^2006005835

OCLC

• 64208360
• SCSB-10982629

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library