Beyond the Crossroads The Devil and the Blues Tradition |
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| Author:
| Gussow, Adam |
| Series title: | New Directions in Southern Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-3366-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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In this groundbreaking study, Adam Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence in the blues. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure.
In this groundbreaking study, Adam Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence in the blues. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure.