Blues Before Sunrise 2

Interviews from the Chicago Scene

Steve Cushing (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2019
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04282-9 (ISBN)

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In this new collection of interviews, Steve Cushing once again invites readers into the vaults of Blues Before Sunrise, his acclaimed nationally syndicated public radio show. Icons from Memphis Minnie to the Gay Sisters stand alongside figures like schoolteacher Flossie Franklin, who helped Leroy Carr pen some of his most famous tunes; saxman Abb Locke and his buddy Two-Gun Pete, a Chicago cop notorious for killing people in the line of duty; and Scotty "The Dancing Tailor" Piper, a font of knowledge on the black entertainment scene of his day. Cushing also devotes a section to religious artists, including the world-famous choir Wings Over Jordan and their travails touring and performing in the era of segregation. Another section focuses on the jazz-influenced Bronzeville scene that gave rise to Marl Young, Andrew Tibbs, and many others while a handful of Cushing's early brushes with the likes of Little Brother Montgomery, Sippi Wallace, and Blind John Davis round out the volume.Diverse and entertaining, Blues Before Sunrise 2 adds a chorus of new voices to the fascinating history of Chicago blues.

Steve Cushing has hosted Blues Before Sunrise for forty years. He is the author of Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews and Pioneers of the Blue Revival.

CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsIntroductionPART ONE: TALKIN' 'BOUT YOUAbb Locke Talks about Two-Gun PeteBrewer Phillips on Memphis MinnieLouise “Mattie” Johnson (with her sister, Dorothy)Dick LaPalm Talks about Nat King ColeGrady FreemanTheautry JonesPART TWO: AMEN CORNERClarence SmallReverend F. W. McGee JrPastor Donald GayPART THREE: BRONZEVILLEAndrew TibbsBill SamuelsMarl YoungScotty Piper (The Mayor of Forty-Seventh Street)PART FOUR: SHORT-ORDER CHICAGOLittle Brother Montgomery“Robert Jr.” LockwoodSippie WallaceJohnny LewisHomer HarrisBlind John DavisArbee StidhamCollenane CoseyRoosevelt SykesIndexBack cover

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2019
Reihe/Serie	Music in American Life
Zusatzinfo	37 black & white photographs
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	513 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
ISBN-10	0-252-04282-4 / 0252042824
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04282-9 / 9780252042829
Zustand	Neuware