78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South

by John Minton

Book Overview

When record men first traveled from Chicago or invited musicians to studios in New York, these entrepreneurs had no conception how their technology would change the dynamics of what constituted a musical performance. 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South covers a revolution in artist performance and audience perception through close examination of hundreds of key "hillbilly" and "race" records released between the 1920s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617030422
• ISBN13: 9781617030420
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"