Screening The Blues
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Screening The Blues
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1989-03-22
Screening The Blues written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-22 with Music categories.
The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions--musical and religious--and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.
The Story Of The Blues
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 1998
The Story Of The Blues written by Paul Oliver and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Featuring over 200 vintage photographs and a new introduction by the author, the engaging, informative volume brings to life the African American singers and players who created this rich genre of music as well as the settings and experiences that inspired them. The author deftly traces the evolution of the blues from the work songs of slaves, to acoustic country ballads, to urban sounds, to electric rhythm and blues bands. Oliver vividly re-creates the economic, social, and regional forces that shaped the unique blues tradition, and superbly details every facet of the music, including themes and subjects, techniques, and recording history.
The Story Of The Blues
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-02-26
The Story Of The Blues written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Music categories.
'This is not only Oliver's finest book on the blues, but is perhaps the finest overall survey of the subject that has yet been written. ' FINANCIAL TIMES The influence of the blues on popular mainstream music is immense. Its fascinating history reaches back to the end of the nineteenth century, its roots in the work songs of slavery, the ballads and country music of black Americans. Paul Oliver places singers like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins firmly in the context of their surroundings. He considers every facet of the Blues, its themes and subjects, the impact of recording, its-far-reaching legacy. This is not simply the history of a music but a reflection of the tumult with American society.
Blues Off The Record
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Baton Press ; New York, N.Y. : Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1984
Blues Off The Record written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Baton Press ; New York, N.Y. : Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Music categories.
This book of essays and critiques originally written for various Blues magazines is a vibrant anthology that reflects a lifelong passion for the anger, despair, and humor that only the blues provides. The book features speculative pieces on the beginning of the blues and how it came to be recorded.
Blues Fell This Morning
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-04-12
Blues Fell This Morning written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-04-12 with Music categories.
This is a new, thoroughly revised edition of Paul Oliver's classic study of the blues. First published in 1960, this remarkable book has not been superseded and its reappearance will be welcomed by all who wish to understand the complexity of meaning in the blues and the experiences which they expressed. The book examines the functions of the blues as black American folk music recorded during the 78 rpm era, from the 1920s to the 1950s. The lyrics are quoted extensively throughout the book, revealing their significance as a means of communication within black society. The author shows how the themes of labour and unemployment, migration and the Depression years, love, sex, and marriage, crime, violence and imprisonment, disasters, sickness, war and death are expressed in black idioms and he discusses their meaning on many levels.
Blues How Do You Do
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Author : Christian O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2015-08-12
Blues How Do You Do written by Christian O'Connell and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-12 with Music categories.
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post-WWII era through the lens of one of the period's most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver
Yonder Come The Blues
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-02-22
Yonder Come The Blues written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-22 with Music categories.
Yonder Come the Blues combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional essays, this 2001 volume discusses the crucial early development of the blues as a music of Blacks in the United States, explaining some of the most significant factors that shaped this music. Together, these three texts emphasise the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues, thus demonstrating the importance of these formative elements in its complex but combined socio-musical history. Redressing some of the misconceptions that persist in writing on African-American music, this book will be essential reading for all enthusiasts of blues, jazz and country music and will be important for students of African-American studies and music, popular music and popular culture.
Conversation With The Blues Cd Included
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-09-25
Conversation With The Blues Cd Included written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
First published in 1965 by Cassell and Co, this classic and unique text in blues history, Conversation with the Blues has now been re-issued in a new, larger format. The book takes a slice across blues traditions of all kinds, which were still thriving side by side in 1960. Compiled from transcriptions of interviews with blues singers made by Paul Oliver in 1960, the book tells in the singers' own words of the significance of their music and the turbulent lives it reflects. It is accompanied by a fascinating CD, slipcased on the inside back cover of the book, which captures the stark, ironic but moving narratives of the singers themselves. Included are guitarists, pianists and other instrumentalists from the rural South and the urban North, from famous blues singers who recorded extensively to singers known only to their local communities. Copiously illustrated with Paul Oliver's photographs, the book provides a rare glimpse of African American music at a time when the South was still segregated.
How Britain Got The Blues The Transmission And Reception Of American Blues Style In The United Kingdom
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Author : Dr Roberta Freund Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-01-28
How Britain Got The Blues The Transmission And Reception Of American Blues Style In The United Kingdom written by Dr Roberta Freund Schwartz and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-28 with Music categories.
This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Blues records by African American artists were released in the United States in substantial numbers between 1920 and the late 1930s, but were sold primarily to black consumers in large urban centres and the rural south. How, then, in an era before globalization, when multinational record releases were rare, did English teenagers in the early 1960s encounter the music of Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Memphis Minnie, and Barbecue Bob? Roberta Schwartz analyses the transmission of blues records to England, from the first recordings to hit English shores to the end of the sixties. How did the blues, largely banned from the BBC until the mid 1960s, become popular enough to create a demand for re-released material by American artists? When did the British blues subculture begin, and how did it develop? Most significantly, how did the music become a part of the popular consciousness, and how did it change music and expectations? The way that the blues, and various blues styles, were received by critics is a central concern of the book, as their writings greatly affected which artists and recordings were distributed and reified, particularly in the early years of the revival. 'Hot' cultural issues such as authenticity, assimilation, appropriation, and cultural transgression were also part of the revival; these topics and more were interrogated in music periodicals by critics and fans alike, even as English musicians began incorporating elements of the blues into their common musical language. The vinyl record itself, under-represented in previous studies, plays a major part in the story of the blues in Britain. Not only did recordings shape perceptions and listening habits, but which artists were available at any given time also had an enormous impact on the British blues. Schwartz maps the influences on British blues and blues-rock performers and thereby illuminates the stylistic evolution of many genres of British popular music.
The Blackwell Guide To Blues Records
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Author : Paul Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1989
The Blackwell Guide To Blues Records written by Paul Oliver and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Music categories.
What are the essential records that should form the heart of any collection of blues? Where do the best records fit in the history of blues, and how do they relate to one another? If a collection has basic representative records in one style of blues, what are the best records to supplement and enrich that area of music? In The Blackwell Guide to Blues Records twelve of the world's authorities answer these questions, and suggest the framework for a basic collection of recordings. Each covers a particular area of blues history and in addition to describing and recommending ten essential records, gives details of up to 30 more which would consolidate that area. The book covers topics as diverse as early songsters, Mississippi Valley blues, Texas blues, the classic women singers, piano blues, Rhythm and Blues, postwar Chicago, Louisiana, the West Coast, and Soul blues. The majority of records discussed are currently available, but some rare or out-of-print items are included, owing to their crucial importance to a comprehensive collection.