Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz (American Made Music)
This groundbreaking study of "coon songs" and ragtime in black musical comedies, circus sideshows, and tented minstrel shows--- Offers one of the first books to confront the "coon song" phenomenon head-on and trace its importance in the formation of blues and jazz--- Provides the first sweeping survey of black band and minstrel companies attached to circus sideshows--- Creates a body of dependable information on black tented minstrel shows--- Follows the very successful Out of Sight which became a required purchase for anyone interested in the history of American popular music--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.