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Soul of the man : Bobby "Blue" Bland / Charles Farley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American made music seriesPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.Description: 1 online resource (x, 320 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781604739190
  • 1604739193
  • 9781496800718
  • 1496800710
  • 1283014629
  • 9781283014625
  • 9786613014627
  • 6613014621
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Soul of the man.DDC classification:
  • 782.421643092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • ML420.B647
Online resources:
Contents:
Memphis Monday morning: 1945-1948 -- Loan me a helping hand: 1949-1952 -- Little boy blue: 1930-1945 -- Army blues: 1952-1954 -- Ain't it a good thing: 1955-1957 -- Dreamer: 1958-1960 -- Turn on your love light: 1961-1962 -- Stormy Monday blues: 1963-1964 -- Honky Tonk: 1965-1968 -- Touch of the blues: 1969-1972 -- Lead me on: 1973-1976 -- Getting' used to the blues: 1977-1984 -- Members only: 1985-1990 -- Walkin' & talkin' & singin' the blues: 1991-1992 -- Years of tears to go: 1993-1999 -- Funny how time slips away: 2000-2007 -- Farther up the road: 2008-.
Summary: Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Until now, his story has never been told in a book-length biography. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland relates how Bland, along with longtime friend B.B. King, and other members of the loosely knit group who called themselves the Beale Streeters, forged a new electrified blues style in Memphis in the early 1950s. Combining elements of Delta blues, southern gospel, big-band jazz, and country and western
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Memphis Monday morning: 1945-1948 -- Loan me a helping hand: 1949-1952 -- Little boy blue: 1930-1945 -- Army blues: 1952-1954 -- Ain't it a good thing: 1955-1957 -- Dreamer: 1958-1960 -- Turn on your love light: 1961-1962 -- Stormy Monday blues: 1963-1964 -- Honky Tonk: 1965-1968 -- Touch of the blues: 1969-1972 -- Lead me on: 1973-1976 -- Getting' used to the blues: 1977-1984 -- Members only: 1985-1990 -- Walkin' & talkin' & singin' the blues: 1991-1992 -- Years of tears to go: 1993-1999 -- Funny how time slips away: 2000-2007 -- Farther up the road: 2008-.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-304) and index.

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Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clubs and upscale theaters. Until now, his story has never been told in a book-length biography. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland relates how Bland, along with longtime friend B.B. King, and other members of the loosely knit group who called themselves the Beale Streeters, forged a new electrified blues style in Memphis in the early 1950s. Combining elements of Delta blues, southern gospel, big-band jazz, and country and western

This edition in English.

Print version record.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 082

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