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Blues legacy : tradition and innovation in Chicago / David Whiteis ; photographs by Peter M. Hurley

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Whiteis, David
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
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1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages).
Additional Creators
Hurley, Peter M.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Bequeathers; James Cotton: "The Blues Is Part of Me"; Eddie Shaw: "Been Through a Lot-Trying to Keep the Tradition Alive"; Jimmy Johnson: "I Give It My Best-That's the Way It Should Be"; Eddy Clearwater: "A Little Bit of Blues, A Little Bit of Rock and Roll"; Jimmy Burns: "There's Only One Type of Music-Good Music!"; Part II: Council of Elders; Billy Boy Arnold; Buddy Guy; Syl Johnson; Mary Lane; Sam Lay; Holle Thee Maxwell; Otis Rush; Byther Smith; Part III: Inheritors; Lil' Ed: "It Lets Me Know Where I Came From.", Big Bill Morganfield: "I'm on That Journey Right Now"Kenny Smith: "Bring It Together, Bring It to Life"; The Taylor Family: "This Whole Thing Is All about Truth"; Remembering Eddie Taylor; Demetria Taylor: "Let Everybody Know What I Can Co"; Eddie Taylor Jr.: "I'm Not Changing"; Larry Taylor: "I Let Them Live Through Me"; Tim Taylor: "Plug It in the Socket, Hold It in the Pocket"; John Primer: "We're Teachers Now"; Shemekia Copeland: "I Know What My Purpose Is"; Sugar Blue: "The Music Must Progress"; Nellie "Tiger" Travis: "There's a Queen in Me"; Floyd Taylor: The Chosen Son, and Deitra Farr: "If You Don't Create, the Music Will Die!"Ronnie Baker Brooks: "The Blues Is a Healer"; Part IV: Heirs Apparent; Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty; Wayne Baker Brooks; Toronzo Cannon; Omar Coleman; Tomiko Dixon; Honeydew; Syleena Johnson; Vance Kelly; Masheen Company; Melody Angel; Big James Montgomery and the Chicago Playboys; Mud Morganfield; Jo Jo Murray; The Kinsey Report; Mzz Reese; Original Chicago Blues All Stars; Chick Rodgers; Jamiah Rogers; Source One Band; Tre'; Willie White; Postscript: "Our Spirit Makes Us the Blues"; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover
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9780252051746 (electronic book)
0252051742 (electronic book)
9780252042881 (hardcover alkaline paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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