The art of the blues : a visual treasury of black music's golden age /

This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse elements of American popular music at large, and the v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dahl, Bill (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016].
Subjects:	Blues (Music) in art. Blues (Music) > Pictorial works. Commercial art > United States > Pictorial works. ART / Popular Culture. MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues. MUSIC / History & Criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.

Table of Contents:

The jazz me blues: sheet music
That stuff you sell: pre-war race records ads
The hottest bands! the biggest hits! record catalogs
Rare beauty: pre-war 78 labels
What a night, what a show! music and movie posters
That sunny road: postwar blues 78 labels
The blues roll on: album covers
Hang it on the wall: photograph gallery
I'm talkin about you: publications and promotions
The big time: album covers.