Roosevelt's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR / Edition 1

by Guido van Rijn, Paul Oliver

Overview

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence
Recorded Gospel Music (1998)

In Roosevelt's Blues, Guido van Rijn documents more than a hundred blues and gospel lyrics that contain direct political comment about FDR. Altogether, they convey the thought, spirit, and history of the African-American population during the Roosevelt era.

Included in the book are recorded sermons by Rev. J. M. Gates and lyrics to songs recorded by such notable musicians as Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Big Bill Broonzy, "Champion" Jack Dupree, Sonny Boy Williamson, Josh White, the Mississippi Sheiks, and many others. Using these sources, which have been neglected by historians, van Rijn documents Roosevelt's vast popularity among Black people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878059386
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	03/01/1997
Series:	American Made Music Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Guido van Rijn is teacher of English at Kennemer Lyceum in Overveen, the Netherlands. His other books include The Truman and Eisenhower Blues: African American Blues and Gospel Songs, 1945-1960 and Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK.