Screening the Blues

The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.

Author: Paul Oliver
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/22/1989
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.29h x 5.43w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780306803444

About the Author
Paul Oliver is the author of several books on the blues including Blues Off the Record.