Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Memphis Minnie, Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters are represented with their lesser-known contemporariesBarefoot Bill, Barbecue Bob, Bumble Bee Slim, and Black Ivory King. This complete anthol..
But does great music really need to be authentic?Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and why do music buffs fall for it every time..
This completely unexplored theme provides the missing link in the east-west paradigm. Whereas the other aspect of the western perspective on Indian
civilization has been studied for quite sometime, the descriptions of this omnibus invert this image and sho..
The real story of Leadville is beyond the portals -- it is of the men who worked the mines, of thundering rock drills and dynamite fumes, of metals torn from the ground from mountains in a grim, determined and all-too-often tragic effort.
This book brings together some of the field''s most respected researchers to describe why they chose their systems, how they integrate theoretical, conceptual, and empirical work, lessons for the practice of the discipline, and potential avenues ..
When Lucinda Ridenour, the notorious widow-heiress to the Dazzler, chooses young Kit Randall to be her lover, Kit thinks he has the world at his feet. But when their affair sinks into depravity, he must rediscover himself and find out if he has the charact..