Early blues [electronic resource] :the first stars of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht.
By: Obrecht, Jas [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages :) illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781452945668; 1452945667.Subject(s): Tampa Red, 1904-1981 | Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966 | Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 | Johnson, Blind Willie | McTell, Blind Willie | Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 | Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938 | Weaver, Sylvester | Blues musicians -- United States | Blues (Music) -- 1921-1930 -- History and criticism | Guitarists -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 787.87/1643092273 Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record -- Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer -- Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast -- Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar -- Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king -- Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues -- Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist -- Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman -- Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard".
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