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Springer offers a collection of essays on the blues as a neglected form of oral history, used by African Americans primarily to record significant events. The eight essays include examination of a murder ballad from the 1930s and blues songs during Prohibition and the Jim Crow era. Although the tone of some of the essays is a bit academic, the opening essay on blues lyrics from the 1927 Mississippi River flood is particularly compelling, in light of the recent flood in New Orleans. Blatantly discriminatory treatment of blacks and whites following the floods, dissatisfaction with the response of the federal government and the Red Cross, and mistreatment of black workers and sharecroppers feature among the lyrics. Essayist David Evans also recalls the rush to record flood songs following the tragedy and the rise in popularity of Bessie Smith's "Back-Water Blues," though it was recorded shortly before the flood. An intriguing intersection of music and oral history. Vanessa Bush
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Springer offers a collection of essays on the blues as a neglected form of oral history, used by African Americans primarily to record significant events. An intriguing intersection of music and oral history.
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Springer offers a collection of essays on the blues as a neglected form of oral history, used by African Americans primarily to record significant events. The eight essays include examination of a murder ballad from the 1930s and blues songs during Prohibition and the Jim Crow era. Although the tone of some of the essays is a bit academic, the opening essay on blues lyrics from the 1927 Mississippi River flood is particularly compelling, in light of the recent flood in New Orleans. Blatantly discriminatory treatment of blacks and whites following the floods, dissatisfaction with the response of the federal government and the Red Cross, and mistreatment of black workers and sharecroppers feature among the lyrics. Essayist David Evans also recalls the rush to record flood songs following the tragedy and the rise in popularity of Bessie Smith's "Back-Water Blues," though it was recorded shortly before the flood. An intriguing intersection of music and oral history. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Springer offers a collection of essays on the blues as a neglected form of oral history, used by African Americans primarily to record significant events. An intriguing intersection of music and oral history.
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