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Author Obrecht, Jas, author

Title Early blues : the first stars of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
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Contents Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record -- Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer -- Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast -- Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar -- Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king -- Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues -- Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist -- Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman -- Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard."
Summary "Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. Like the best music documentaries, Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar interweaves musical history, quotes from celebrated musicians (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, and Johnny Winter, to name a few) and a spellbinding array of life stories to illustrate the early days of blues guitar in rich and resounding detail. In these chapters, you'll meet Sylvester Weaver, who recorded the world's first guitar solos, and Paramount Records artists Papa Charlie Jackson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Blake, the "King of Ragtime Blues Guitar." Blind Willie McTell, the Southeast's superlative twelve-string guitar player, and Blind Willie Johnson, street-corner evangelist of sublime gospel blues, also get their due, as do Lonnie Johnson, the era's most influential blues guitarist; Mississippi John Hurt, with his gentle, guileless voice and syncopated fingerpicking style; and slide guitarist Tampa Red, "the Guitar Wizard." Drawing on a deep archive of documents, photographs, record company ads, complete discographies, and up-to-date findings of leading researchers, this is the most comprehensive and complete account ever written of the early stars of blues guitar--an essential chapter in the history of American music."--Publisher's web site
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Weaver, Sylvester.
Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938.
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929.
McTell, Blind Willie
Johnson, Blind Willie.
Johnson, Lonnie.
Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966
Tampa Red, 1904-1981.
SUBJECT Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966 fast
Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938 fast
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 fast
Johnson, Blind Willie fast
Johnson, Lonnie fast
McTell, Blind Willie fast
Tampa Red, 1904-1981 fast
Subject Blues (Music) -- 1921-1930 -- History and criticism
Blues musicians -- United States
Guitarists -- United States.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Blues (Music)
Blues musicians
Guitarists
Blues
Gitarrist
United States
USA
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015023632
ISBN 9781452945668
1452945667