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- catalog abstract ""Recounts Townsend's early days as a shoeshiner fronting for a bootlegging operation, his passion for the guitar, and his collaborations and friendships with many of the musicians and entrepreneurs who shaped the blues scene in St. Louis. Through Townsend's easy reminiscences, the guitarist Lonnie Johnson, the pianists Walter Davis and Roosevelt Sykes, and the promoter Jessie Johnson come vividly to life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11204544.
- catalog contributor b11204545.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Recounts Townsend's early days as a shoeshiner fronting for a bootlegging operation, his passion for the guitar, and his collaborations and friendships with many of the musicians and entrepreneurs who shaped the blues scene in St. Louis. Through Townsend's easy reminiscences, the guitarist Lonnie Johnson, the pianists Walter Davis and Roosevelt Sykes, and the promoter Jessie Johnson come vividly to life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Baby boy blues -- St. Louis blues -- St. Louis cyclone -- Sweetest guitar I've ever played -- Ride down, walk back -- Mistreating the blues -- Mr. Sykes blues -- Hard luck man -- Nut factory -- Worrisome gal -- Extra good piano player -- Sweet sounds -- The music is a mind disturber -- A good hustler -- West Helena blues -- Can't do duties! -- I met the famous people in Chicago -- The Grand Central -- I just make sounds that correspond with one another -- Making it pretty don't help a bit.".
- catalog description "Includes discography (p. [127]-138), bibliographical references (p. [139]), and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 145 p., [20] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0252025261 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Music in American life".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "Missouri Saint Louis".
- catalog subject "781.643/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Blues musicians Missouri Saint Louis Biography.".
- catalog subject "Guitarists Missouri Saint Louis Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML419.T68 A3 1999".
- catalog subject "Townsend, Henry.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Baby boy blues -- St. Louis blues -- St. Louis cyclone -- Sweetest guitar I've ever played -- Ride down, walk back -- Mistreating the blues -- Mr. Sykes blues -- Hard luck man -- Nut factory -- Worrisome gal -- Extra good piano player -- Sweet sounds -- The music is a mind disturber -- A good hustler -- West Helena blues -- Can't do duties! -- I met the famous people in Chicago -- The Grand Central -- I just make sounds that correspond with one another -- Making it pretty don't help a bit.".
- catalog title "A blues life / Henry Townsend as told to Bill Greensmith.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".