Description
Book SynopsisCan 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, this title shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. It highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics.
Trade Review"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 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Being Black Twice: Crossover Politics in
B. B. King’s Music of the Late 1960s
2 Like I Was a Bear or Somethin’: Blues Performances
at the Newport Folk Festival
3 Trying to Find an Identity: Eric Clapton’s
Changing Conception of Blackness
4 Germany Gets the Blues: Race and Nation
at the American Folk Blues Festival
5 Enough to Make You Want to Sing the Blues:
Janis Joplin’s Life and Music
6 Resegregating the Blues: Race and Authenticity
in the Pages of Living Blues
Conclusion
