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Title: Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition by Adam Gussow, University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226310981 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2
Rating: 2
Summary: Ambitious thesis, disappointing results
Comment: Adam starts out with a very difficult to support thesis, that bogs down in incredable academic leaps of faith. Not only does he not provide adequately provide support for the theme of his book; he almost abandons trying to half way through. The chapter focusing on Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues" was refreshing and eye opening, but the rest of the book does not sway one to ackowledge the validity of his point. The constant use of "Blues Literature" to support his theory of real worl dblue falls short by nature, being that the blues authors quoted wrote fiction where is by its essence prone to exagerationa nd romanticism and can not convincingly back up his point about white oppression and violence being the backbone of almost all blues music and acting as a coded message universally gotten by the black blues audience. The academic nature of this book loses touch with the reality of things.
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Title: Blues With a Feeling: The Little Walter Story by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, Ward Gaines ISBN: 0415937116 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Music Makers: Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America by Tim Duffy, B. B. King ISBN: 1588180859 Publisher: Hill Street Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon ISBN: 0316328499 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Robert Johnson: Lost and Found (Music in American Life) by Barry Lee Pearson, Bill McCulloch ISBN: 025202835X Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Blind Lemon Jefferson: His Life, His Death, and His Legacy by Robert L. Uzzel ISBN: 1571686568 Publisher: Eakin Publications Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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