03118nam 22006974a 450 991045225580332120200520144314.01-62103-653-71-282-48531-897866124853121-60473-148-6(CKB)1000000000484971(EBL)515543(OCoLC)226379028(SSID)ssj0000232347(PQKBManifestationID)11187735(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232347(PQKBWorkID)10210749(PQKB)11720519(MiAaPQ)EBC515543(MdBmJHUP)muse13673(Au-PeEL)EBL515543(CaPaEBR)ebr10218401(CaONFJC)MIL248531(EXLCZ)99100000000048497120060504d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRagged but right[electronic resource] black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz /Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20071 online resource (470 p.)American made music seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-57806-901-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. ""Coon songs,"" with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses. Though the name itself is offensive to modern ears, it is impossible to investigate black popular entertainment of the ragtime era without directly confronting the ""coon songs"" which cleared the way for the ""original blues."". In Ragged but Right Lynn AbbotAmerican made music series.African AmericansMusicHistory and criticismMinstrel showsUnited StatesHistoryTent showsUnited StatesHistorySideshowsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.African AmericansMusicHistory and criticism.Minstrel showsHistory.Tent showsHistory.SideshowsHistory.781.64089/96073Abbott Lynn1946-945055Seroff Doug945056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452255803321Ragged but right2274421UNINA