Yonder come the blues
Subtitle: the evolution of a genre
By: Paul Oliver ... [et al.]
Contributors: Oliver, Paul, 1927-; Oliver, Paul, 1927-; Russell, Tony.; Dixon, Robert M. W.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Blues (Music) -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism
Description: This book combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional new essays, the book 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 emphasize 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.
Notes: "First published as three volumes by Studio Vista 1970 and in the USA by Stein and Day Publishers (November Books) 1970"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Includes discographies
Table of contents: title: Yonder come the blues / Paul Oliver; title: Savannah syncopators : African retentions in the blues / Paul Oliver; title: Blacks, whites, and blues / Tony Russell; title: Recording the blues / Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich; title: Afterword / Howard Rye