Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary

by Stephen Calt

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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 "aggravatin'...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252076605

ISBN13:9780252076602

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"

Age Range:16 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 11 and higher

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Blues Dictionaries & Thesauruses Education & Reference History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Reference Teen & Young Adult

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