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- catalog abstract ""Hailed as a classic in music studies when it was first published in 1977, Early Downhome Blues is a detailed look at traditional country blues artists and their work. A compact disk including nineteen outstanding examples of early blues music is included with this new edition." "Combining musical analysis and cultural history, Titon examines the origins of downhome blues in the African American tradition. He also explores what happened to the art form when the blues were commercially recorded and became part of the larger American culture. From forty-eight musical transcriptions, Titon derives a grammar of early downhome blues melody. His book is enriched with the recollections of blues performers, audience members, and those working in the recording industry." "In a new afterword, Titon reflects on the genesis of this book in the blues revival of the 1960s and the politics of tourism in the current revival under way."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b5914112.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Hailed as a classic in music studies when it was first published in 1977, Early Downhome Blues is a detailed look at traditional country blues artists and their work. A compact disk including nineteen outstanding examples of early blues music is included with this new edition." "Combining musical analysis and cultural history, Titon examines the origins of downhome blues in the African American tradition. He also explores what happened to the art form when the blues were commercially recorded and became part of the larger American culture. From forty-eight musical transcriptions, Titon derives a grammar of early downhome blues melody. His book is enriched with the recollections of blues performers, audience members, and those working in the recording industry." "In a new afterword, Titon reflects on the genesis of this book in the blues revival of the 1960s and the politics of tourism in the current revival under way."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "of diskette: Cottonfield blues, pt. 2 / Garfield Akers -- 44 blues / Roosevelt Sykes -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / "Mississippi" John Hurt -- My black mama, pt. 1 / Eddie "Son" House -- Dupree blues / Willie Walker and Sam Brooks) -- Maggie Campbell blues / Tommy Johnson -- Dead drunk blues / Lillian Miller -- Dying pickpocket blues / Nolan "Barrel House Welch" Welsh -- Pony blues / Charley Patton -- Number three blues / Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins -- I'm so glad I'm twenty-one years old today / Joe Dean -- One time blues / Blind Blake -- Roll and tumble blues/ "Hambone" Willie Newbern -- Barbecue blues / Barbecue Bob -- Yellow girl blues / "Texas" Alexander -- Prison bound blues / Leroy Carr and Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell -- M. and O. blues / Willie Brown -- That will be alright / Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie -- Lonesome blues, take 1 / Tommy Johnson.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 318 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Early downhome blues.".
- catalog identifier "0807821705 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807844829 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Early downhome blues.".
- catalog isPartOf "Cultural studies of the United States".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Early downhome blues.".
- catalog subject "781.643/09 20".
- catalog subject "Blues (Music) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "ML3521 .T58 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "of diskette: Cottonfield blues, pt. 2 / Garfield Akers -- 44 blues / Roosevelt Sykes -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / "Mississippi" John Hurt -- My black mama, pt. 1 / Eddie "Son" House -- Dupree blues / Willie Walker and Sam Brooks) -- Maggie Campbell blues / Tommy Johnson -- Dead drunk blues / Lillian Miller -- Dying pickpocket blues / Nolan "Barrel House Welch" Welsh -- Pony blues / Charley Patton -- Number three blues / Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins -- I'm so glad I'm twenty-one years old today / Joe Dean -- One time blues / Blind Blake -- Roll and tumble blues/ "Hambone" Willie Newbern -- Barbecue blues / Barbecue Bob -- Yellow girl blues / "Texas" Alexander -- Prison bound blues / Leroy Carr and Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell -- M. and O. blues / Willie Brown -- That will be alright / Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie -- Lonesome blues, take 1 / Tommy Johnson.".
- catalog title "Early downhome blues : a musical and cultural analysis / Jeff Todd Titon ; with a new foreword by Alan Trachtenberg and a new afterword by the author.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".