Overview
This compilation of essays takes the study of the blues to a welcome new level. Distinguished scholars and well-established writers from such diverse backgrounds as musicology, anthropology, musicianship, and folklore join together to examine blues as literature, music, personal expression, and cultural product. Ramblin' on My Mind contains pieces on Ella Fitzgerald, Son House, and Robert Johnson; on the styles of vaudeville, solo guitar, and zydeco; on a comparison of blues and African music; on blues nicknames; and on lyric themes of disillusionment. Contributors are Lynn Abbott, James Bennighof, Katharine Cartwright, Andrew M. Cohen, David Evans, Bob Groom, Elliott Hurwitt, Gerhard Kubik, John Minton, Luigi Monge, and Doug Seroff.
Full Product Details
Author: David Evans ,
Lynn Abbott ,
James Bennighof ,
Katherine Cartwright
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.626kg
ISBN: 9780252074486
ISBN 10: 0252074483
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 10 January 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Like a program album wherein melodies and chords are carried from song to song, the authors in this collection pass themes from one essay to the next. --Journal of Southern History [An] illuminating volume. . . . Recommended to all blues fans. --Sing Out Evans offers a fresh look at blues scholarship, from its musical roots to interpretations of meaning in post-WW II compositions. . . . The book will appeal to casual blues enthusiasts as much as to serious scholars. . . . Highly recommended. --Choice
Like a program album wherein melodies and chords are carried from song to song, the authors in this collection pass themes from one essay to the next. --Journal of Southern History Evans offers a fresh look at blues scholarship, from its musical roots to interpretations of meaning in post-WW II compositions... The book will appeal to casual blues enthusiasts as much as to serious scholars... Highly recommended. --Choice [An] illuminating volume... Recommended to all blues fans. --Sing Out
[An] illuminating volume. . . . Recommended to all blues fans. -- Sing Out
Like a program album wherein melodies and chords are carried from song to song, the authors in this collection pass themes from one essay to the next. --Journal of Southern History [An] illuminating volume. . . . Recommended to all blues fans. --Sing Out Evans offers a fresh look at blues scholarship, from its musical roots to interpretations of meaning in post-WW II compositions. . . . The book will appeal to casual blues enthusiasts as much as to serious scholars. . . . Highly recommended. --Choice
Author Information
David Evans is a professor in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and the author of Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues, Tommy Johnson, and The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues. A seasoned performer and producer, Evans is also a Grammy Award winner.
