Queer blues : the hidden figures of early blues music
Bullock, Darryl W.2023
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From the very beginning, the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called 'dirty blues' songs, stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy, bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience. 'Queer Blues' tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote, performed and recorded these wonderfully outlandish, life-affirming songs and chronicles, including: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Josephine Baker to Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon and many more.
Main title:
Queer blues : the hidden figures of early blues music / Darryl W. Bullock.
Author:
Bullock, Darryl W., author
Imprint:
London : Omnibus Press, 2023.
Collation:
xv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781913172527 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Blues musicians -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGay musicians -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryLesbian musicians -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTransgender musicians -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBlues (Music) -- Social aspectsBlues (Music) -- History and criticismSexual minorities -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryMusicLGBTQ+ Interest
BRN:
2389753