About this title: "The Truman and Eisenhower Blues" is a fascinating and exhaustive account of the Gospel and blues music of the post-war period (1945-1960). Guido van Rijn studies over 300 songs, many of them rare recordings, from artists including Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, and usefully transcribes 123 of them in their entirety. Tapping sources which have previously been neglected by historians, musicologists and sociologists, he provides an illuminating examination of the themes at the heart of this Cold War music: the re-conversion, the atomic bomb, the Korean War, civil rights, ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: 06/2006
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 215 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: 06/2006
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 215 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Edition: New EdUpdated_Month1|0
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
Description: Used-Good. Plastic coating peeling off back corner of cover. Inside as new. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CONTINUUM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
Description: New. Presents an account of the Gospel and blues music of the post-war period (1945-1960). The author studies over 300 songs, many of them rare recordings, from artists including Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker and B B King, and usefully transcribes 123 of t... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
Description: New. Presents an account of the Gospel and blues music of the post-war period (1945-1960). The author studies over 300 songs, many of them rare recordings, from artists including Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker and B B King, and usefully transcribes 123 of th... read more
Description: NEAR FINE. Paperback, 240pp., NEW, Presents an account of the Gospel and blues music of the post-war period (1945-1960). The author studies over 300 songs, many of them rare recordings, from artists including Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker and B B King, and usefully transcribes 123 of them in their entirety. Continuum NO Change on the list imported on 10/11/2009. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: CONTINUUM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING GROUP LTD
ISBN-13:9780826490681ISBN:0826490689
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