Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James Steve Franz

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The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James Steve Franz BlueSource Publications: St Louis Initially published in 2002 and reprinted in 2008...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges

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Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges Con Chapman Oxford University Press New York: Oxford University Press: 232 pa...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

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Up Jumped the Devil:The Real Life of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow 2019: Chicago Review Press 336 Pages, 6X9 ...
Monday, April 10, 2017

In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett by Tony Fletcher

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In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett Tony Fletcher New York: Oxford University Press 2017: 302 + xviii pages I f...
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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Nica's Dream Is Fascinating Story of the Jazz Baroness

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Nica’s Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness David Kastin New York: WWNorton Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter played an in...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Son House's Life Subject of Excellent Preachin' The Blues

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Preachin' The Blues: The Life & Times of Son House by Daniel Beaumont 2011, Oxford University Press In a year here we have been ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Broonzy Biographer Bob Riesman Coming to DC's Politics and Prose July 7

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Since today is what would be the 98th Birthday of Big Bill Broonzy. it is appropriate to alert folks around Washington DC about the upcoming...
Monday, May 16, 2011

The Resurrection of the Man in Black Chronicled

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The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption and American Recordings by Graeme Thomson 2011 - London:Jawbone Press (254 pages) Whi...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Bill Bill Broonzy celebrated in Two Biographies Part 2 - I Feel So Good

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Blues Smoke: The Recorded Journey of Big Bill Broonzy Roger House 2010: Louisiana State University Press I Feel So Good: The Life and Ti...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

Bill Bill Broonzy celebrated in Two Biographies Part 1 - Blue Smoke

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Blues Smoke: The Recorded Journey of Big Bill Broonzy Roger House 2010: Louisiana State University Press I Feel So Good: The Life and T...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Fletcher Henderson Bio Well Worth Spending Time WIth

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The following review of James Magee’s marvelous Fletcher Henderson’s biography originally appeared in the September 2010 Jazz & Blues Re...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Alyn Shipton Ably Tells Cab Calloway's Story

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British jazz critic and historian Alyn Shipton has authored a marvelous biography, "Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway," that shou...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

Lightnin Hopkins Life and Music Celebrated by Alan Govenar

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One of the blues most iconic artists, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins, is the subject of a welcome new biography, “Lightnin’ Hopkins: His Life and B...
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