Blues Before Sunrise 2 Interviews from the Chicago Scene - Music in American Life
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780252084652 |
Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
Pub date: | 05 Nov 2019 |
DEWEY: | 781.643092/277311 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 264 |
Weight: | 436g |
Height: | 155mm |
Width: | 234mm |
Spine width: | 26mm |