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In Search of the Blues
by [Hamilton, Marybeth]
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In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates that the story as we know it is largely a myth. Following the trail of characters like Howard Odum, who combed Mississippi's back roads with a cylinder phonograph to record vagrants, John and Alan Lomax, who prowled Southern penitentiaries and unearthed the rough, melancholy vocals of Leadbelly, and James McKune, a recluse whose record collection came to define the primal sounds of the Delta blues, Hamilton reveals this musical form to be the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with the exotic mysteries of black music.
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- Basic Books Brand
- Jun 1, 2009 Pub Date:
- 9780465018123 ISBN-13:
- 0465018122 ISBN-10:
- 320.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.25 in * 0.81 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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