The Country Blues by Samuel Charters

The Country Blues

Samuel Charters

314 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative reflective slow-paced
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From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This music--recorded during the twenties by men like Blind...

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