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Pioneers of the Blues Revival
Steve Cushing
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Description for Pioneers of the Blues Revival
Hardback. Contains interviews of many of the prominent white researchers and enthusiasts whose advocacy spearheaded the blues' crossover into the mainstream starting in the 1960s. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 424 pages, 89 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Steve Cushing, the award-winning host of the nationally syndicated public radio staple Blues before Sunrise, has spent over thirty years observing and participating in the Chicago blues scene. In Pioneers of the Blues Revival, he interviews many of the prominent white researchers and enthusiasts whose advocacy spearheaded the blues' crossover into the mainstream starting in the 1960s.
Opinionated and territorial, the American, British, and French interviewees provide fascinating first-hand accounts of the era and movement. Experts including Paul Oliver, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Sam Charters, Ray Flerledge, Paul Oliver, Richard K. Spottswood, and Pete Whelan chronicle in their ... Read more
Steve Cushing, the award-winning host of the nationally syndicated public radio staple Blues before Sunrise, has spent over thirty years observing and participating in the Chicago blues scene. In Pioneers of the Blues Revival, he interviews many of the prominent white researchers and enthusiasts whose advocacy spearheaded the blues' crossover into the mainstream starting in the 1960s.
Opinionated and territorial, the American, British, and French interviewees provide fascinating first-hand accounts of the era and movement. Experts including Paul Oliver, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Sam Charters, Ray Flerledge, Paul Oliver, Richard K. Spottswood, and Pete Whelan chronicle in their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252038334
SKU
V9780252038334
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About Steve Cushing
Steve Cushing has hosted Blues before Sunrise for over thirty years. He is the author of Blues before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews.Barry Lee Pearson is a professor of English at the University of Maryland and the author of Jook Right On: Blues Stories and Blues Storytellers.
Reviews for Pioneers of the Blues Revival
Blues Book of the Year, Living Blues Awards, 2015. "The book makes an extraordinary contribution to the field . . . The author creates a rich portrait of the whole blues revival movement."
Robert Pruter, author of Chicago Soul "Pioneers of the Blues Revival is an important contribution to the literature on this crucial moment. An invaluable ... Read more
Robert Pruter, author of Chicago Soul "Pioneers of the Blues Revival is an important contribution to the literature on this crucial moment. An invaluable ... Read more