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This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, t

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Author
Stephen Calt; Manny Gerard; Manny and Skippy Gerard Collection (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Library and Archives)
Publisher
Urbana: University of Illinois Press
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780252090714
Category
music
Subjects
Music, History, Reference
Rating
3 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-24

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