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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785084203321

Autore

Schwartz Roberta Freund

Titolo

How Britain got the blues [[electronic resource] ] : the transmission and reception of American blues style in the United Kingdom / / Roberta Freund Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-315-58713-0

1-317-12094-9

1-317-12093-0

1-281-20852-3

9786611208523

0-7546-8720-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Disciplina

781.6430941/09046

Soggetti

Blues (Music) - Great Britain - History and criticism

Blues (Music) - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jazz reception in Britain : misunderstandings and recordings in exile -- The first time I met the blues : blues arrives in Britain -- 1953-1957 : the problem of the new -- 1957-1962 : the blues revival, part I -- London : the new Chicago! : the R&B boom of 1963-1965 -- Blues at the crossroads : the British blues revival part III, 1965-1970.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960's. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz analyses the transmission of blues records to England, from the first recordings to hit English shores to the end of the sixties.