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OverviewAll prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King presents facts to disprove such myths. For example, as early as 1900, the sound of the blues was ubiquitous in New Orleans. The Mississippi Delta, meanwhile, was an unpopulated sportsman's paradise--the frontier was still in the process of being cleared and drained for cultivation. Moreover, this book is the first to argue that the blues began as a cosmopolitan art form, not a rural one. Protestant states such as Mississippi and Alabama could not have incubated the blues. New Orleans was the only place in the Deep South where the sacred and profane could party together without fear of persecution. Expecting these findings to be controversial in some circles, King has buttressed his conclusions with primary sources and years of extensive research, including a sojourn to West Africa and interviews with surviving folklorists and blues researchers from the 1960s folk-rediscovery epoch. They say the blues is blasphemous--the devil's music. King says they're unenlightened, that blues music is about personal freedom. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chris Thomas King , Adam Lazarre-WhitePublisher: Dreamscape Media Imprint: Dreamscape Media Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 12.70cm Weight: 0.059kg ISBN: 9781662088537ISBN 10: 1662088531 Publication Date: 10 August 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationChris Thomas King was discovered in Louisiana in 1979 by a folklorist from the Smithsonian Institute and introduced to the world by folk label Arhoolie Records as an authentic folk-blues successor to Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Jelly Roll Morton. He played the itinerant bluesman Tommy Johnson in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, and he has earned numerous awards, including an Album of the Year Grammy and an Album of the Year Country Music Award. Adam Lazarre-White is an experienced actor, writer, director, and audiobook narrator who is best known for his roles in film and television projects such as The Gift, Scandal, The Young and the Restless, and Ocean's Thirteen. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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