The Devil's Music
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"Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" JazzTimes - Stanley Dance Well written and researched, it is loaded with valuable insights.
Preface to the second edition7Introduction9Slavery13Nigger Minstrels and coon songs21From emancipation to segregation24From minstrels to ragtime29Early New Orleans jazz and blues32Work and song35W. C. Handy40Charley Patton49Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas'56Lead Belly63The barrelhouse circuit and the 'Piney Woods'68Migration74Crazy blues83Showbiz blues I: The tent shows88Ma Rainey91Showbiz blues 2: The theatres95Bessie Smith97Women's blues101The men start recording111Field recordings120Atlanta122Memphis128The Depression145City blues157Blues in St Louis167Blues in Chicago174The rural South184Blues in the South190Post-war blues207The end of an era216Say it loud228Dealing with the Devil - Into the Nineties235Blues as Heritage239Blues Down Home - The New South245The Malaco Story246New South - New Blues248Gonna Be Some Changes Made250Chicago Blues Today251The Strong Persuaders253Sources and acknowledgements259Selected bibliography282Selected discography287General Index291Index of Songs306Picture credits310
