"Sounds so good to me" : the bluesman's story /
The roots of much American music lie in the intensely personal art form of the blues. What bluesmen from W.C. Handy to B.B. King have told us about their lives has shaped America's perception of the blues. These life stories provide central insights into blues music and stand as a fascinating f...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©1984.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt197051h |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Johnny Young's Story; 2. David "Honeyboy" Edwards' Story; 3. "You Know What You're Going to Get Now? Interviews!"; 4. I'm Gonna Get Me a Guitar If It's the Last Thing I Do
- 5. "They Used to Say It Was the Devil's Music"; 6. "Sounds So Good to Me"; 7. The Wages of Sinful Music; 8. "Wasn't Only My Songs, They Got My Music Too"; 9. "Well, That's It, That's My Life Story"; 10. "I've Had Hard Luck, But It Will Change Some Day"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y