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Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues
Oliver Paul
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Description for Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues
Hardcover. A pioneering scholar of the blues explores the folk traditions that predated and shaped this uniquely American music as we know it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 49 illustrations/photos. BIC Classification: AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke joints and barrelhouses. The music that circulated through Southern work camps, prison farms, and vaudeville shows would be lost to us if it hadn't been captured on location by these performers and recorders. Eminent blues historian Paul Oliver uncovers these folk traditions and the circumstances under which they were recorded, rescuing the forefathers of the blues who were lost before they even had ... Read more
In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke joints and barrelhouses. The music that circulated through Southern work camps, prison farms, and vaudeville shows would be lost to us if it hadn't been captured on location by these performers and recorders. Eminent blues historian Paul Oliver uncovers these folk traditions and the circumstances under which they were recorded, rescuing the forefathers of the blues who were lost before they even had ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Civitas Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465008810
SKU
V9780465008810
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Ref
99-1
About Oliver Paul
Paul Oliver is an eminent writer on the history of the blues. From an early age he collected blues records and books on the blues, publishing his first article in Jazz Journal in 1951. Since that time he has published dozens of books on the history of the blues and blues music, including Conversations with the Blues, The Story of ... Read more
Reviews for Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues
The Philadelphia Inquirer "Detailed and deeply felt, Barrelhouse Blues is quite the education." Examiner.com "Oliver's research is deep and his opinions raise questions, but his is a fine book for any blues fan yearning to learn about its origins."