{"product_id":"nobody-knows-where-the-blues-come-from-lyrics-and-history-paperback","title":"Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come from: Lyrics and History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Springer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vibrant and varied look at African American songs and the history behind the lyrics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusicians and music scholars rightly focus on the sounds of the blues and the colorful life stories of blues performers. Equally important and, until now, inadequately studied are the lyrics. The international contributors to \u003ci\u003eNobody Knows Where the Blues Come From\u003c\/i\u003e explore this aspect of the blues and establish the significance of African American popular song as a neglected form of oral history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"High Water Everywhere: Blues and Gospel Commentary on the 1927 Mississippi River Flood,\" by David Evans, is the definitive study of songs about one of the greatest natural disasters in the history of the United States. In \"Death by Fire: African American Popular Music on the Natchez Rhythm Club Fire,\" Luigi Monge analyzes a continuum of songs about exclusively African American tragedy. \"Lookin' for the Bully: An Enquiry into a Song and Its Story,\" by Paul Oliver traces the origins and the many ava\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vibrant and varied look at African American songs and the history behind the lyrics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Springer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Metz in Longeville les Metz, France. Among other works, he is author of \u003ci\u003eAuthentic Blues: Its History and Its Themes\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrics in African American Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48131551953144,"sku":"9781934110294","price":64.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/lmiM24q9kw9781934110294.webp?v=1783365915","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/nobody-knows-where-the-blues-come-from-lyrics-and-history-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}