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Title:
Listen to the blues! : exploring a musical genre / James E. Perone.
Author:
Perone, James E., author.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]

©2019
Call Number:
ML3521.P47 2019
ISBN:
9781440866142
Series:
Exploring musical genres

Exploring musical genres.
Physical Description:
xv, 238 pages : portraits ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Background; Chapter 2: Must-Hear Music; Blues Rock; Big Bill Broonzy; The Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Albert Collins; Robert Cray; "Cross Road Blues"; Willie Dixon; The Early 1960s' London Blues Scene; "Folsom Prison Blues"; Gospel Music and the Blues; Guitar Slim and "The Things I Used to Do"; Buddy Guy; Hokum Blues and Ragtime Songs; John Lee Hooker; Lightnin' Hopkins; Son House; Howlin' Wolf; Instrumental Blues on the Pop Charts: Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Ventures; Elmore James; Etta JamesBlind Lemon Jefferson; Robert Johnson; Louis Jordan and Jump Blues; Keb' Mo' and the Late-20th-Century Resurgence of the Blues; Albert King; B.B. King: Live at the Regal; Freddie King; Lead Belly; J.B. Lenoir and the Blues as a Political Statement; Little Walter; Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Jazz, and the Blues; Muddy Waters; Charley Patton; Ma Rainey; Jimmy Reed; Rockabilly and Early Rock and Roll; Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and the Country Connection to the Blues; Seasick Steve and the Legacy of the Homemade Guitar; Slim Harpo; Bessie Smith; Otis Spann; "Sweet Home Chicago."; Taj MahalT-Bone Walker; Johnny "Guitar" Watson; Junior Wells; Josh White; Big Joe Williams; Sonny Boy Williamson I; Sonny Boy Williamson II; Chapter 3: Impact on Popular Culture; Chapter 4: Legacy; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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