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Author Charters, Samuel, 1929-2015.

Title The bluesmen : the story and the music of the men who made the blues / by Samuel Charters
Published New York : Oak Publications, 1966-1967

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 MELB  781.573 CHA  DUE 23-05-24
Description 3 volumes : illustrations, music, portraits ; 27 cm
Contents v. 1. The singers and the styles from Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas up to the Second World War, with a brief consideration of some of the traceable relationships between the blues and African song -- v. 2. The Atlantic coast, Memphis and the Tennessee singers , St. Louis and Arkansas, urban blues Chicago before 1942 -- v. 3. Post war blues in Chicago and Detroit, California and Texas post war styles, women singers in country style, folk blues artists
Notes Vol. 2 has title: Sweet as the showers of rain
Subject African American musicians -- Biography.
African American musicians.
African American singers.
Blues (Music) -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism.
Blues (Music)
Blues (Music) -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism.
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
Blues (Music) -- To 1931 -- History and criticism.
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Jazz musicians -- United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 67024017
ISBN 0825600693
(paperback)
Other Titles Sweet as the showers of rain