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Sam Myers : the blues is my story / Sam Myers and Jeff Horton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American made music seriesPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 172 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781604731453
  • 1604731451
  • 1282485288
  • 9781282485280
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sam Myers.DDC classification:
  • 781.643092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • ML410.M986 A3 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Early years -- Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills -- Piney Woods -- Going to Chicago -- Chicago and Jackson families -- Elmore James -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson radio and recording -- The blues -- The harmonica -- The Musicians' Union -- The record business -- Stories from the road -- Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.
Summary: Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music called him to Chicago. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded.
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Includes discography (pages 145-153), song catalog (p. 155-156) , bibliographical references (p. 163-164) , and index.

Early years -- Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills -- Piney Woods -- Going to Chicago -- Chicago and Jackson families -- Elmore James -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson radio and recording -- The blues -- The harmonica -- The Musicians' Union -- The record business -- Stories from the road -- Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.

Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music called him to Chicago. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded.

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