Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre

by Paul Oliver, Tony Russell, R.M.W. Dixon, et al.

Book Overview

This book combines three influential and much-quoted books Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues, updated with additional new essays, which collectively confront the problem of how, when and from where the blues emerged and developed. It emphasizes the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues. Redressing some of the misconceptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521787777
• ISBN13: 9780521787772
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"