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Red hot and blue : fifty years of writing about music, Memphis, and motherfuckers
—Booth, Stanley, 1942- author.
2019

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"[A] collection of over fifty years of writing about the South and its music by Stanley Booth ... Booth's close contacts with many of the musicians he writes about provide a gateway to truly understanding the music and culture of Memphis and other blues strongholds in the South. Subjects include Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, William Eggleston, Ma Rainey, Blind Willie McTell, Graceland, Beale Street and much more"-- Publisher's website.

Item Details

ISBN: 9781641601061

Description: 394 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

  • "An A Cappella book."
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

  • Blues dues
  • "Chimes blues," by Joe "King" Oliver
  • Ma Rainey: the Mother of the Blues
  • Blind Willie McTell
  • Furry's blues
  • Furry's blues again
  • Situation report: Elvis in Memphis, 1967
  • The Memphis soul sound
  • The gilded palace of sin: the Flying Burrito Brothers
  • The 1969 Memphis blues show: even the birds were blue
  • Dixie fried
  • Blues for the red man
  • Beale Street's gone dry
  • The King is dead! Hang the doctor!
  • Graceland
  • Mose Allison
  • Wiregrass
  • Fascinating changes
  • The Godfather's blues
  • Elementary Eggleston
  • Sweet Daddy
  • BobbyRush!
  • For real: Marvin Sease
  • Where the people smile
  • Hands up!
  • Distant thoughts
  • Why they call it the blues
  • Mr. Crump don't like it: If Beale Street could talk
  • Red hot and blue.

LCCN: 2019005126

Control Number: 2729995

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2019]
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