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Looking Up at Down: The Emergence of Blues Culture
W H BARLOW
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Abstract
Before the Blues Part I: Rural Blues Introduction 1. Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned: The Folk Roots of the Blues 2. Everyday Seems Like Murder Here: Mississippi Delta Blues 3. Po' Boy, Long Ways from Home: East Texas Blues 4. Pickin' Low Cotton: Piedmont Blues Part II: Urban Blues Introduction 5. Laughin' to Keep from Cryin': Vaudeville Blues 6. Chocolate to the Bone: Urban Blues in the South 7. Stormy Monday: Urban Blues in the Southwest 8. Goin' Down Slow: Urban Blues in the Midwest 9. Looking Up at Down: Chicago Blues Conclusion Notes General Index Song Index Permissions