Chicago blues : portraits and stories /
Through revealing portraits of selected local artists and slice-of-life vignettes drawn from the city's pubs and lounges, this book encapsulates the sound and spirit of the blues as it is lived today. As a committed participant in the Chicago blues scene for more than a quarter century, the aut...
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
©2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: "Mister Blues, how do you do?"/"Can I change my mind?"
- Part 1: Elder spirits. Junior Wells : "Come on in this house" ; Sunnyland Slim : "It given me a tender heart" ; Big Walter Horton : "I mean it from my heart"
- Part 2: "We gon' pitch a boogie-woogie!" Florence's Lounge : memories of an urban juke ; Maxwell Street : last dance at the carnival of the soul ; "Let's go, baby, to the Hole in the Wall" : clubbing along the current Chicago scene
- Part 3: Torchbearers. Jody Williams : return of a legend ; Bonnie Lee : "When I'm up there, I lets everything out" ; Billy Branch : "It's the most powerful music on the planet" ; Sharon Lewis : "I've lived through some treacherous times" ; Lurrie Bell : "God, give me strength to be strong"
- Part 4: The soul side of town. Artie White : "It's a God-gifted thing" ; Cicero Blake : "Give me what I have coming, or give me nothing" ; Little Scotty : "I'm not only a blues singer--I'm a Motivator!"
- Coda: "I was looking for the future, but the Blues was all I found" : thoughts on what was, what is, and what might be in store.