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The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African Americans. From its roots in the turn-of-the-century honky-tonks of New Orleans and... read more
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- Bessie Smith
- Ma Rainey
- Mamie Smith
- Henry Townsend
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Roll Morton
- B. B. King
- Lonnie Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Crump
- Victoria Spivey
- John Henry
- Mary
- Walker
- Elmore James
- Wolf
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Jackson
- Sam Chatmon
- Gus Cannon
- Henry Thomas
- Tommy Johnson
- Huddie
- Jim Crow
- Blind Blake
- Cunningham
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Tom Dorsey
- Dockery
- John Lee Hooker
- Lordie
- Booker White
- Koko Taylor
- Buddy Guy
- Bolden
- Mama
- Jimmy Rogers
- Leroy Carr
- Roy Brown
- W. C. Handy
Setting & Locations edit
- Chicago
- Mississippi
- Memphis
- Ragtime Texas
- Georgia
- Atlanta
- Alabama
- Louisiana
- America
- Arkansas
- St Louis
- Dallas
- Tennessee
- New Orleans
- New York
- West Coast
- Detroit
- Clarksdale
- Houston
- Pinetop
- Shreveport
- Son House
- Kentucky
- Southern States
- Fannin Street
- Kansas City
- California
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Europe
- Helena
- Decatur Street
- Louisville
- Missouri
- Harlem
- Northern
- Atlantic
- Beale
- Virginia
- Los Angeles
- Washington
First Sentence edit
When in 1863 President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was read out loud in Boston's Tremont Temple, the audience sang: Sound the loud timbrel.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Giles Oakley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation
Country: England
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0563160128
Page Count: 287
Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation
Country: England
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0563160128
Page Count: 287
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- Dewey: 781.6430973
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