I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues /
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of Devil Got My Woman, I'm So Glad, and 22-20 Blues are masterpieces th...
| Основен автор: | Calt, Stephen. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
Chicago Review Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=364078 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
I'd rather be the devil. |
| Резюме: |
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of Devil Got My Woman, I'm So Glad, and 22-20 Blues are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: |
9781569769966 1569769966 9781569769980 1569769982 9781569769973 1569769974 |