ISBN10: 0226717453, ISBN13: 9780226717456, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL] Hardcover Hardcover. A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (19031958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the electrified sound that was beginning to emerge in Chicago. This, however, was just one step in his remarkable journey: Big Bill was constantly reinventing himself, both in reality and in his retellings of it. Bob Riesmans groundbreaking biography tells the compelling life story of a lost figure from the annals of music history. I Feel So Good traces Big Bills career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star, including his historic 1938 appearance at Carnegie Hall, to his influential role in the post-World War II folk revival, when he sang about racial injustice alongside Pete Seeger and Studs Terkel. Riesmans account brings the reader into the jazz clubs and concert halls of Europe, as Big Bill's overseas tours in the 1950s ignited the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s. Interviews with Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Ray Davies reveal Broonzys profound impact on the British rockers who would follow him and change the course of popular music. Along the way, Riesman details Big Bills complicated and poignant personal saga: he was married three times and became a father at ...
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ISBN10: 0226717453, ISBN13: 9780226717456, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL] Hardcover Hardcover. A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (19031958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the electrified sound that was beginning to emerge in Chicago. This, however, was just one step in his remarkable journey: Big Bill was constantly reinventing himself, both in reality and in his retellings of it. Bob Riesmans groundbreaking biography tells the compelling life story of a lost figure from the annals of music history. I Feel So Good traces Big Bills career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star, including his historic 1938 appearance at Carnegie Hall, to his influential role in the post-World War II folk revival, when he sang about racial injustice alongside Pete Seeger and Studs Terkel. Riesmans account brings the reader into the jazz clubs and concert halls of Europe, as Big Bill's overseas tours in the 1950s ignited the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s. Interviews with Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Ray Davies reveal Broonzys profound impact on the British rockers who would follow him and change the course of popular music. Along the way, Riesman details Big Bills complicated and poignant personal saga: he was married three times and became a father at ...
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ISBN10: 0226717453, ISBN13: 9780226717456, [publisher: University Of Chicago Press] Hardcover A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-58) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago blues-man of the 1930s. This title traces Big Bill's career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star, including his historic 1938 appearance at Carnegie Hall. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660. . 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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