Cover Recordings, 1900 - 2016: Twelve Decades Of Significant Song Revivals

by Frank W. Hoffmann and B. Lee Cooper

This study investigates the use of cover recordings in different contexts and for different purposes. It highlights the on-going influences of regional rhythmic formats such as New Orleans music. It traces loving tributes to African-American bluesmen by white artists like Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, John Hammond, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. It focuses of the educational role of old records in the artistic development of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539860094
• ISBN13: 9781539860099
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"