Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers

Author: Kim Field
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815410204
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
The harmonica is one of the most important, yet overlooked, instruments in music. This definitive volume celebrates the history of the world's most popular musical device, its impact on various forms of music, folk, country, blues, rock, jazz and classical music. The author traces the development of the harmonica from the ancient Chinese sheng to futuristic harmonica sythesizers. Nearly seventy harmonica masters are profiled including Stevie Wonder, Little Walter, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed, Charlie McCoy, Sonny Terry, and John Popper. This updated edition includes an extensive new afterword, an expanded discography of the finest harmonica recordings, and a listing of the best harmonica resources on the internet.

The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold

Author: Billy Boy Arnold
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022680920X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
"Billy Boy Arnold, born in 1935, is one of the few native Chicagoans who both cultivated a career in the blues and stayed in Chicago. His perspective on Chicago's music, people, and places is rare and valuable. Arnold has worked with generations of musicians-from Tampa Red and Howlin' Wolf and to Muddy Waters and Paul Butterfield-on countless recordings, witnessing the decline of country blues, the dawn of electric blues, the onset of blues-inspired rock, and more. Here, with writer Kim Field, he gets it all down on paper-including the story of how he named Bo Diddley Bo Diddley"--

The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica

Author: Peter Krampert
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619115778
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
The Harmonica Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever written on the instrument, offering over 900 articles on players, bands, techniques, resources and a discography of over 5,000 recordings by harmonica players. Originallyreleased in 1998, this new edition is profusely illustrated with over 150 photographs of the players who have made the harmonica the world's most popular musical instrument. This book has been critically acclaimed by readers in over 25 countries and is a must-have for any serious harmonica enthusiast

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Harmonica, 2nd Edition

Author: Randy Weinstein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1615643125
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 341

Book Description
The harmonica is one of the most traditional musical instruments in America. Millions are sold each year, but there are few high-quality, comprehensive instructional manuals for new harmonica players. This bestselling book has been completely updated, with dozens of new songs. • Over 100 songs, both traditional and original to this book. • Detailed instructions on playing, including photos to illustrate positions and techniques. • Buying tips and interesting historical facts about famous players. • Authors are professional musicians. • The most comprehensive music lists featuring nearly every style of playing and category of song. • Comprehensive resource guides.

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Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820375144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description

Faith in Education at the Skidaway Island Benedictine Mission

Author: Laura Seifert
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820367222
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
Having survived the turmoil of Reconstruction, several hundred African American tenant farmers were settled on Skidaway Island, Georgia, and led a fairly quiet existence. In 1877 Benedictine monks intruded into this relatively safe, if desperately poor, haven and built a Catholic mission and boys’ boarding school. For the next two decades, the Benedictines and locals negotiated for influence over the islanders’ religious convictions and education. Faith in Education at the Skidaway Island Benedictine Mission brings together the recovered archaeological data and extensive Benedictine archives to reconstruct the intersecting lives of monks, students, lay brothers, and African American neighbors on Skidaway Island. Unlike a purely historical treatment, this book amplifies the documentary evidence with archaeological findings, including glass from arched church windows, writing slate and slate pencil fragments, a kerosene lamp, and harmonica fragments. The narrative balances the chronological story of the Skidaway Island mission with the larger history of African American education in Savannah and Chatham County from 1865 to the mission’s closure circa 1900. Ultimately, Laura Seifert’s analysis shows how the roots of our educational system resulted in inequities today, particularly because racism is a prominent thread that connects past and present problems.

Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers

Author: Kim Field
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671796334
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
Traces the history of the harmonica, looks at how it has been used in various types of music, including folk, country, blues, rock, and jazz, and includes profiles of leading soloists

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2

Author: John Shepherd
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847144721
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 713

Book Description
The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as copyright, instrumental manufacture, management and marketing, record corporations, studios, companies, and labels. Entries include bibliographies, discographies and filmographies, and an extensive index is provided.

The Blues Encyclopedia

Author: Edward Komara
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135958319
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1274

Book Description
The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.

The Blues Encyclopedia

Author: Edward Komara
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135958327
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1279

Book Description
The first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. A to Z in format, this work covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues.