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Title Shreveport sounds in black & white / edited by Kip Lornell and Tracey E.W. Laird
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 357 pages) : illustrations
Series American made music series
American made music series.
Contents Country -- Blues -- Radio, records, and rhythm
Summary To borrow words from Stan \"The Record Man\" Lewis, Shreveport, Louisiana, is one of this nation\'s most important \"regional-sound cities.\" Its musical distinctiveness has been shaped by individuals and ensembles, record label and radio station owners, announcers and disc jockeys, club owners and sound engineers, music journalists and musicians. The area\'s output cannot be described by a single genre or style. Rather, its music is a kaleidoscope of country, blues, R & B, rockabilly, and rock. Shreveport Sounds in Black and White presents that evolution in a collection of s
Notes Includes indexes
Print version record
Subject Folk music -- Louisiana -- Shreveport -- History and criticism
Folk musicians -- Louisiana
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Pop Vocal.
MUSIC -- General.
Folk music
Folk musicians
Louisiana
Louisiana -- Shreveport
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Lornell, Kip, 1953-
Laird, Tracey E. W.
ISBN 9781604733037
1604733039
1282485555
9781282485556
9781934110416
1934110418
Other Titles Shreveport sounds in black and white