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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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Screening The Blues
• Subtitle: Aspects Of The Blues Tradition
• Author: Paul Oliver
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• EAN: 9780306803444
• ISBN: 0306803445
• ID: 04575062
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Weight: 322 g
• Dimensions: 131 × 203 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 1989

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