DIGIRENT - Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary
Stephen Calt
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"An impeccably scholarly, irresistibly readable guide to the language heard on the recordings of the great blues singers who were active in the first half of the 20th century."--Wall Street Jour
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggr...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary | Stephen Calt. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
