Blues, Then and Now, traces its origin from Africa in its primitive stage to the present day. It profiles the men and women that lived and sang the blues. It portrays a condition of depression, sadness, loneliness, tragedy and sexuality. The reader is taken on a journey from the Mississippi delta to Memphis, New Orleans, north to Chicago, Detroit,St. Louis, Kansas, New York and on to the blues revival of the 1960's and 80's in Europe. Along the way they meet Charley Patton, Eddie 'Son' House, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters,John Lee Hooker, Bessie Smith, 'MA' Rainey, Ida Cox and many more. It's about their lives, and their love for the music. It is the story of the blues.
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Authorized Teacher of the Schillinger System. New Jersey Musical College--Graduate Author,composer screenplays. Scholarship to Julliard SChool of Music.
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Very "interesting" read. Apparently the editor, if there was one, gave up. Numerous grammatical errors on every page, along with many factual errors. He states that Lucille Bogan died in 1936. On the very next page he states that she died in 1935. The book is full of errors like this. He has a tendency to mangle the English language; confuses tenses of verbs, wrong versions of words, misspellings, too numerous to list the rest here. He jumps around without any flow between names and events, and leaves disjointed stories about bluesmen without much information that is useful or interesting. He does mention a lot of artist's recordings, but with all of the errors his information is suspect. You would have to spend quite a bit of time verifying his information; maybe this is why the editor gave up?
It would be a hoot to have a conversation with him, if you could keep from laughing long enough to figure out what he is saying. He does put a few nice pictures of himself in the book; not sure what the relevance is to the material. My guess is he likes to see his name on the cover. Addendum: I just found out that Mr. Leanza, the author, owns the publishing company that is responsible for this book. I think that piece of the puzzle helps to clarify why this book was ever put in print.
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The blues is among the most popular form of music that is associated and identified in the chronicle of jazz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
barrelhouse music, blue tonality, blues revival, jug band, rural blues, blues artists, urban blues, cover record, field recordings, first big hit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy, United States, New York, Tampa Red, Bessie Smith, Willie Dixon, Mamie Smith, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Beale Street, Chess Records, Rolling Stones, Charley Patton, Lonnie Johnson, Paramount Records, Big Bill Broonzy, Buddy Guy, Columbia Records, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton New!
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The blues is among the most popular form of music that is associated and identified in the chronicle of jazz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
barrelhouse music, blue tonality, blues revival, jug band, rural blues, blues artists, urban blues, cover record, field recordings, first big hit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy, United States, New York, Tampa Red, Bessie Smith, Willie Dixon, Mamie Smith, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Beale Street, Chess Records, Rolling Stones, Charley Patton, Lonnie Johnson, Paramount Records, Big Bill Broonzy, Buddy Guy, Columbia Records, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Story of Chess Records by John Collis on page 84, page 118, and page 119
- Pat Boone by Paul Davis on page 115
- Hoodoo: A Psychological Thriller by Christopher John on page 28
- White Boy by Stan Rice in Back Matter
- How to Get Started With the Guitar by Frank Leanza in Front Matter
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