num_pages: 432
description: A Classic of Blues Literature inductee into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame Drawing on archives and interviews with musicians,  Red River Blues  remains an acclaimed work of blues scholarship. Bruce Bastin traces the origins of the music to the turn of the twentieth century, when African Americans rejected slave songs, worksongs, and minstrel music in favor of a potent new vehicle for secular musical expression. Bastin looks at the blues' early emerging popularity and its spread via the Great Migration, delves into a wealth of field recordings, and looks at the careers of Brownie McGhee, Blind Boy Fuller, Curly Weaver, Sonny Terry, and many other foundational artists.
language: English
title: Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast
titlecomplete: Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast
genres: Music, History
ratings_count: 16
publisher: University of Illinois Press