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Overview

Superbly researched and vividly written, 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 the barrelhouses and plantations of the Mississippi Delta to modern legends such as John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, the blues comes alive here through accounts by the blues musicians themselves and those who knew them. Throughout this wide-ranging and fascinating book, Giles Oakley describes the texture of the life that made the blues possible, and the changing...

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Overview

Superbly researched and vividly written, 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 the barrelhouses and plantations of the Mississippi Delta to modern legends such as John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, the blues comes alive here through accounts by the blues musicians themselves and those who knew them. Throughout this wide-ranging and fascinating book, Giles Oakley describes the texture of the life that made the blues possible, and the changing attitudes toward the music. The Devil's Music is a wholehearted and loving examination of one of America's most powerful traditions.

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Stanley Dance
Well written and researched, it is loaded with valuable insights.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780306807435
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 4/1/1997
  • Edition description: 2ND
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 328
  • Sales rank: 498,695
  • Product dimensions: 0.73 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Meet the Author

In 1976, Giles Oakley helped produce the acclaimed five-part BBC documentary The Devil's Music, which resulted in this book. He has since coproduced numerous prime-time programs and series for BBC-TV and has contributed to many books and journals.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition 7
Introduction 9
Slavery 13
Nigger Minstrels and coon songs 21
From emancipation to segregation 24
From minstrels to ragtime 29
Early New Orleans jazz and blues 32
Work and song 35
W. C. Handy 40
Charley Patton 49
Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas' 56
Lead Belly 63
The barrelhouse circuit and the 'Piney Woods' 68
Migration 74
Crazy blues 83
Showbiz blues I: The tent shows 88
Ma Rainey 91
Showbiz blues 2: The theatres 95
Bessie Smith 97
Women's blues 101
The men start recording 111
Field recordings 120
Atlanta 122
Memphis 128
The Depression 145
City blues 157
Blues in St Louis 167
Blues in Chicago 174
The rural South 184
Blues in the South 190
Post-war blues 207
The end of an era 216
Say it loud 228
Dealing with the Devil - Into the Nineties 235
Blues as Heritage 239
Blues Down Home - The New South 245
The Malaco Story 246
New South - New Blues 248
Gonna Be Some Changes Made 250
Chicago Blues Today 251
The Strong Persuaders 253
Sources and acknowledgements 259
Selected bibliography 282
Selected discography 287
General Index 291
Index of Songs 306
Picture credits 310

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