Full name: The Devil's Music: A History Of The Blues

Author: Giles Oakley Year: 1976 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780306807435 0306807432

Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African Americans. From its roots in the turn-of-the-century honky-tonks of New Orleans and the barrelhouses and plantations of the Mississippi Delta to modern legends such as John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, the blues comes alive here through accounts by the blues musicians themselves and those who knew them. Throughout this wide-ranging and fascinating book, Giles Oakley describes the texture of the life that made the blues possible, and the changing attitudes toward the music. The Devil's Music is a wholehearted and loving examination of one of America's most powerful traditions. Similar books: Cuba and Its Music by Ned Sublette The Swing Era by Gunther Schuller Respect Yourself by Robert Gordon Do Not Sell At Any Price by Amanda Petrusich Nowhere To Run The Story Of Soul Music by Gerri Hirshey Chasing the Rising Sun by Ted Anthony Mystery Train by Greil Marcus The History Of The Blues by Francis Davis Talking 'Bout Your Mama by Elijah Wald The History Of Rock 'N' Roll In Ten Songs by Greil Marcus Blues People by Leroi Jones Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil Deep Blues by Robert Palmer Rip it Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley