Elijah Wald

Josh White

Society Blues

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive biography of singer, songwriter, and musician Josh White, who ruled the folk charts with Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, discusses the unique guitar style and tempestuous personal life of this gifted talent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 162mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9781558492691
• ISBN-10: 1558492690
• Artikelnr.: 22332266

Autorenporträt

Elijah Wald wrote on music for the Boston Globe for fifteen years and is coauthor of Mississippi: River of Song. He performs regularly as a singer and guitarist.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Southern Exposure 1914-1921
2: Homeless and Hungry Blues 1921-1930
3: Things about Coming my Way 1930-1936
4: John Henry 1936-1939
5: Raise A Ruckus (1940)
6: Marching Down Freedom's Road (1941)
7: Partnerships: Leadbelly and Libby Holman 1941-1943
8: Cafe Society 1943-1945
9: The House I Live in
10: Apples, Peaches, and cherries 1946-1947
11: Travels, Whiskey, and Women
12: Broadway Hollywood, and Beyond 1947-1950
13: Un-American Activities 1950
14: Strange Fruit
15: Across the Atlantic 1951
16: You Know Baby 1952-1953
17: Josh at Midnight 1954-1958
18: Folk Revival
19: House of the Rising Sun 1958-1963
20: Goin' Down Slow 1963-1969
Epilogue