Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues Music of St. Louis Missouri

by Kevin Belford

The Saint Louis Blues. It's more than just a slogan or a song. It's a statement of fact. St. Louis has a long and proud connection to the world of the blues. Devil at the Confluence is a story of our country's music that has never before been told. Out of ragtime, out of jazz, out of big band music and beyond, American music came into its own at the confluence of the Big Muddy and the Mississippi rivers and out of the talents and experiences of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189144249X
• ISBN13: 9781891442490
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Virginia Publishing Company
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up