Give my poor heart ease : voices of the Mississippi blues
Title:
Give my poor heart ease : voices of the Mississippi blues
Author:
Ferris, William R.
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
xiv, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.) + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.).
General Note:
"This book was published with the assistance of the H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
Rose Hill : Mary Gordon ; Reverend Isaac Thomas -- Lake Mary : Martha Dunbar ; Scott Dunbar -- Lorman : Louis Dotson -- Centreville : Fannie Bell Chapman -- Gravel Springs : Otha Turner -- Parchman Penitentiary : Johnny Lee "Have Mercy" Thomas ; Camp B work chant ; James "Blood" Shelby ; Ben Gooch ; Sergeant Webb ; Roosevelt Stewart, Jr. -- Tutwiler : Tom Dumas ; Lee Kizart -- A delta road in Coahoma County : C.L. Redwine ; Corine Gardner -- Leland : James "Son Ford" Thomas ; Gussie Tobe ; Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown -- Clarksdale : Jasper Love ; Wade Walton -- WOKJ, Jackson : Joe "Poppa Rock" Louis : The Big Daddy Show ; Bruce Payne, news ; Reverend Marcus Butler : gospel music ; Gary's Meat House ad ; Bruce Payne -- Beale Street : Robert Shaw -- Willie Dixon ; B.B. King -- Rose Hill Church : Rose Hill Church service ; Clarksdale : house party.
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ISBN:
9780807833254
Format :
Book
