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Tracing the history and explaining the music, with recorded audio and video and live examples. Completely different from previous course with the same title. Featured artists: Booker T, B B King, Tam White, W C Handy, Albert Ammons, Eric Clapton, Sam Chatmon and many more.
1. An Overview, from the 19th to the 21st century.
2. The roots of the Blues: Africa and America.
3. The Mississippi Delta; juke joints with the occasional W. C. Handy.
4. Country Blues, bluegrass.
5. Piano blues and boogie woogie, classic female blues, jazz.
6. Electric blues, jump jive.
7. Rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, rock.
8. Rhythm and blues, gospel blues, soul.
9. Regional scenes, including the British Blues revival.
10. The present day.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Appreciate the sociological background of the Blues.
Be able to apply an analytical approach to examples of the music.
Appreciate a wide range of styles of the Blues.
Identify, appreciate and analyse individual artists.
Acquire knowledge of the history of the Blues.
Recommended:
Jazz Anecdotes, Bill Crow, OUP 1990
Lady Sings the Blues, Billie Holiday, Penguin Books
HTML pages of links sent by email after every session.
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
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