Blues Music in the Sixties

A Story in Black and White

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Can a type of music be "owned"? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, Blues Music in the Sixties shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues.In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness--especially black masculinity--remained a marker of authenticity. Crossing color lines and mixing the beats of B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Janis Joplin; the Newport Folk Festival and the American Folk Blues Festival; and publications such as Living Blues, Ulrich Adelt discusses these developments, including the international aspects of the blues. He highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics and addresses the impact and involvement of audiences and cultural brokers.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-09-07
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt286 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813551746

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Introduction1 Being Black Twice: Crossover Politics inB. B. King’s Music of the Late 1960s2 Like I Was a Bear or Somethin’: Blues Performancesat the Newport Folk Festival3 Trying to Find an Identity: Eric Clapton’sChanging Conception of Blackness4 Germany Gets the Blues: Race and Nationat the American Folk Blues Festival5 Enough to Make You Want to Sing the Blues:Janis Joplin’s Life and Music6 Resegregating the Blues: Race and Authenticityin the Pages of Living BluesConclusion

"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." - Kip Lornell (Department of Music, George Washington University) "Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." (Cadence) "Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." - Kip Lornell (Department of Music, George Washington University) "Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." (Cadence)