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Ramblin' on My Mind

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African American music
African Americans in music
African instruments
African music
African music and the blues
American roots music
analysis of Ella Fitzgerald
analysis of Robert Johnson
anthropology
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black studies
blues
blues as literature
blues as personal expression
blues in Houston
blues songs
Cajun blues
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Clifton Chenier
Dexter Gordon
disillusionment
Dry Spell Blues
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
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essay
folklore
guitar
guitar playing
guitar tuning
history
importance
John Lee Hooker
Lightnin' Hopkins
literary analysis of the blues
literature
lyric
Memphis blues
music
musicianship
musicology
nicknames
perfromance
personal expression
Robert Johnson
Skip James
solo
Son House
syle
theme
vaudeville
W. C. Handy
zydeco

Product details

  • ISBN 9780252074486
  • Weight: 626g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Jan 2008
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This compilation of essays takes the study of the blues to a welcome new level. Distinguished scholars and well-established writers from such diverse backgrounds as musicology, anthropology, musicianship, and folklore join together to examine blues as literature, music, personal expression, and cultural product. Ramblin' on My Mind contains pieces on Ella Fitzgerald, Son House, and Robert Johnson; on the styles of vaudeville, solo guitar, and zydeco; on a comparison of blues and African music; on blues nicknames; and on lyric themes of disillusionment.

Contributors are Lynn Abbott, James Bennighof, Katharine Cartwright, Andrew M. Cohen, David Evans, Bob Groom, Elliott Hurwitt, Gerhard Kubik, John Minton, Luigi Monge, and Doug Seroff.
About David Evans
David Evans is a professor in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and the author of Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues, Tommy Johnson, and The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues. A seasoned performer and producer, Evans is also a Grammy Award winner.