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Author:

Obrecht, Jas, author.

Title:

Early blues : the first stars of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Blues (Music)--1921-1930--History and criticism.
Blues musicians--United States.
Guitarists--United States.
Weaver, Sylvester.
Jackson, Papa Charlie,--1887-1938.
Jefferson, Blind Lemon,--1897-1929.
McTell, Blind Willie.
Johnson, Blind Willie.
Johnson, Lonnie.
Hurt, Mississippi John,--1892-1966.
Tampa Red,--1904-1981.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record -- Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer -- Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast -- Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar -- Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king -- Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues -- Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist -- Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman -- Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard".

ISBN:

0816698058
9780816698059
081669804X
9780816698042

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907650932

LCCN:

2015023632

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)