Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews - Couverture souple

Cushing, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252077180 ISBN 13 : 9780252077180

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Cushing Steve

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program "Blues Before Sunrise", the syndicated, award-winning programme focusing on vintage blues and R & B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has been involved with the blues scene in Chicago for decades. His candid, colourful interviews with prominent blues players, producers, and deejays reveal the behind-the-scenes world of the formative years of recorded blues. Many of these oral histories detail the careers of lesser-known but greatly influential blues performers and promoters. The book focuses in particular on pre-World War II blues singers, performers active in 1950s Chicago, and nonperformers who contributed to the early blues world. Interviewees include Alberta Hunter, one of the earliest African American singers to transition from Chicago's Bronzeville nightlife to the international spotlight, and Ralph Bass, one of the greatest R & B producers of his era. Blues expert, writer, record producer, and co-founder of "Living Blues Magazine" Jim O'Neal provides the book's foreword.

Revue de presse :

"Sure to fascinate and delight both scholars and general readers, these interviews are full of wonderful material, including some bombshells about who really wrote hit blues songs." --Steve Cheseborough, blues performer and author of Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues

"Cushing's interviews are among the best I have ever read. Blues Before Sunrise appeals to blues fans, media scholars, and any reader who appreciates regional voices and good old-fashioned storytelling." --Barry Lee Pearson, co-author of Robert Johnson: Lost and Found

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0252077180
• ISBN 13: 9780252077180
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264