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Lightnin' Hopkins

Author : Alan Govenar
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569766207
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Lightnin' Hopkins written by Alan Govenar and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on scores of interviews with the artist's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans, this brilliant biography reveals a man of many layers and contradictions. Following the journey of a musician who left his family's poor cotton farm at age eight carrying only a guitar, the book chronicles his life on the open road playing blues music and doing odd jobs. It debunks the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking. This volume also discusses his hard-to-read personality; whether playing for black audiences in Houston's Third Ward, for white crowds at the Matrix in San Francisco, or in the concert halls of Europe, Sam Hopkins was a musician who poured out his feelings in his songs and knew how to endear himself to his audience--yet it was hard to tell if he was truly sincere, and he appeared to trust no one. Finally, this book moves beyond exploring his personal life and details his entire musical career, from his first recording session in 1946--when he was dubbed Lightnin'--to his appearance on the national charts and his rediscovery by Mack McCormick and Sam Charters in 1959, when his popularity had begun to wane and a second career emerged, playing to white audiences rather than black ones. Overall, this narrative tells the story of an important blues musician who became immensely successful by singing with a searing emotive power about his country roots and the injustices that informed the civil rights era.

Mojo Hand

Author : Timothy J. O'Brien
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029274515X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Mojo Hand written by Timothy J. O'Brien and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life of the acclaimed blues musician, known for songs whose topics ranged from his African American roots to space exploration, and focuses on his eccentric style of guitar playing and his lasting influences in music.

Mel Bay Presents Lightnin' Hopkins, the Gold Star Years

Author : Lightnin' Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786630509
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Mel Bay Presents Lightnin' Hopkins, the Gold Star Years written by Lightnin' Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Blues Bibliography

Author : Robert Ford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135865086
Total Pages : 1401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book A Blues Bibliography written by Robert Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 1401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated definitive blues bibliography now includes 6,000-7,000 entries to cover the last decade’s writings and new figures to have emerged on the Country and modern blues to the R&B scene.

All Music Guide to the Blues

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879307363
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book All Music Guide to the Blues written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.

Juneteenth Texas

Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574410181
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Juneteenth Texas written by Francis Edward Abernethy and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

Author : Dave Thompson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440248915
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Goldmine Record Album Price Guide written by Dave Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like you, Goldmine is passionate about vinyl. It rocks our world. So trust us when we say that the Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is a vinyl collector's best friend. Inside these pages you'll find the latest pricing and identification information for rock, pop, alternative, jazz and country albums valued at $10 or more. And that's just for starters. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide features: • Updated prices for more than 100,000 American vinyl LPs released since 1948. • A detailed explanation of the Goldmine Grading Guide, the industry standard. • Tips to help you accurately grade and value your records--including promo pressings. • An easy-to-use, well-organized format. Whether you're new to the scene or a veteran collector, Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is here to help!

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

Author : Nathan Brackett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743201698
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The New Rolling Stone Album Guide written by Nathan Brackett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Dust & Grooves

Author : Eilon Paz
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1607748703
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Dust & Grooves written by Eilon Paz and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.

All Music Guide

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879306274
Total Pages : 1508 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book All Music Guide written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

Rockin' Records Buyers-Sellers Reference Book and Price Guide 2010 Edition

Author : Jerry Osborne
Publisher : Jerry Osborne Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 0932117589
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Rockin' Records Buyers-Sellers Reference Book and Price Guide 2010 Edition written by Jerry Osborne and published by Jerry Osborne Enterprises. This book was released on 2010 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House of Hits

Author : Andy Bradley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292719191
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book House of Hits written by Andy Bradley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in a working-class neighborhood in southeast Houston in 1941, Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios is a major independent studio that has produced a multitude of influential hit records in an astonishingly diverse range of genres. Its roster of recorded musicians includes Lightnin’ Hopkins, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Junior Parker, Clifton Chenier, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, Ray Benson, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, and many, many more. In House of Hits, Andy Bradley and Roger Wood chronicle the fascinating history of Gold Star/SugarHill, telling a story that effectively covers the postwar popular music industry. They describe how Houston’s lack of zoning ordinances allowed founder Bill Quinn’s house studio to grow into a large studio complex, just as SugarHill’s willingness to transcend musical boundaries transformed it into of one of the most storied recording enterprises in America. The authors offer behind-the-scenes accounts of numerous hit recordings, spiced with anecdotes from studio insiders and musicians who recorded at SugarHill. Bradley and Wood also place significant emphasis on the role of technology in shaping the music and the evolution of the music business. They include in-depth biographies of regional stars and analysis of the various styles of music they represent, as well as a list of all of Gold Star/SugarHill’s recordings that made the Billboard charts and extensive selected historical discographies of the studio’s recordings.

Conversation with the Blues CD Included

Author : Paul Oliver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521591812
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Conversation with the Blues CD Included written by Paul Oliver and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-09-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1965 by Cassell and Co, this classic and unique text in blues history, Conversation with the Blues has now been re-issued in a new, larger format. The book takes a slice across blues traditions of all kinds, which were still thriving side by side in 1960. Compiled from transcriptions of interviews with blues singers made by Paul Oliver in 1960, the book tells in the singers' own words of the significance of their music and the turbulent lives it reflects. It is accompanied by a fascinating CD, slipcased on the inside back cover of the book, which captures the stark, ironic but moving narratives of the singers themselves. Included are guitarists, pianists and other instrumentalists from the rural South and the urban North, from famous blues singers who recorded extensively to singers known only to their local communities. Copiously illustrated with Paul Oliver's photographs, the book provides a rare glimpse of African American music at a time when the South was still segregated.

1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

Author : Tom Moon
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 076113963X
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die written by Tom Moon and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to music provides recommendations on one thousand recordings that represent the best in such genres as classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, and opera, with listening notes, commentary, and anecdotes about performers.

How Britain Got the Blues

Author : Roberta Freund Schwartz
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754655800
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (558 download)

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Book Synopsis How Britain Got the Blues by : Roberta Freund Schwartz

Download or read book How Britain Got the Blues written by Roberta Freund Schwartz and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz analyses the transmission of blues records to England, from the first recordings to hit English shores to the end of the sixties.

The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448132746
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues written by Colin Larkin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virgin Encyclopaedia of the Blues is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the most classically simple, enduring and inspiring genre in the history of popular music. All entries have been created from the massive database of The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, which has swiftly and firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of contemporary music reference books. Brand new research ensures that the 1000 entries are bang up-to-date and cover everyone - the musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels - who has made a significant impact on the development of the blues. It brings together pioneers like Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson, the influence of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon on the blues boom of the 1960s, and the most recent blues resurgence featuring Keb'Mo, Larry Garner and Jonny Lang. As well as the giants of the blues, this encyclopaedia has the range and depth to include performers who flew the blues flag during fallow periods, the 1980s band Roomful of Blues for example, or acts like Paul Butterfield, Chicken Shack, Stevie Ray Vaughan, who took the music to a wider, whiter, audience. Some blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal, seem to last forever. Others simply defined the genre, like Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and Howlin' Wolf. Whomever you remember or want to know more about, each entry gives the essential elements - dates, career facts, discography and album ratings - as well as a sense of context, striking a balance between the extremes of the self-opinionated and the bland.

Texas Blues

Author : Alan B. Govenar
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 158544605X
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Texas Blues written by Alan B. Govenar and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Blues allows artists to speak in their own words, revealing the dynamics of blues, from its beginnings in cotton fields and shotgun shacks to its migration across boundaries of age and race to seize the musical imagination of the entire world. Fully illustrated with 495 dramatic, high-quality color and black-and-white photographs—many never before published—Texas Blues provides comprehensive and authoritative documentation of a musical tradition that has changed contemporary music. Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Alan Govenar here builds on his previous groundbreaking work documenting these musicians and their style with the stories of 110 of the most influential artists and their times. From Blind Lemon Jefferson and Aaron “T-Bone” Walker of Dallas, to Delbert McClinton in Fort Worth, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins in East Texas, Baldemar (Freddie Fender) Huerta in South Texas, and Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas Blues shows the who, what, where, and how of blues in the Lone Star State.