Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin Hawkins, John Broven (Foreword by)Publish date:2022-04-01Pages:418
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807177297ISBN-10:807177296UPC:9780807177297Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Music, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCF1RQ327Z
Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
As Louis Armstrong forever tethered jazz to New Orleans and Clifton Chenier fixed Lafayette as home to zydeco, Slim Harpo established Baton Rouge as a base for the blues. In the only complete biography of this internationally renowned blues singer and musician, Martin Hawkins traces Harpo's rural upbringing near Louisiana's capital, his professional development fostered by the local music scene,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807177297ISBN-10:807177296UPC:9780807177297Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Music, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCF1RQ327Z
MARTIN HAWKINS, author of A Shot in the Dark: Making Records in Nashville, 1945-1955 and, with Colin Escott, Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll, has written over four hundred magazine articles, LP sleeve notes, and CD booklets on roots music since 1971.
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