How Britain got the blues : the transmission and reception of American blues style in the United Kingdom / Roberta Freund Schwartz.

This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Roberta Freund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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Summary:This book explores how, and why, the blues became a central component of English popular music in the 1960s. It is commonly known that many 'British invasion' rock bands were heavily influenced by Chicago and Delta blues styles. But how, exactly, did Britain get the blues? Roberta Schwartz analyses the transmission of blues records to England, from the first recordings to hit English shores to the end of the sixties.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 267 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
ISBN:9780754687207
0754687201
9780754655800
0754655806
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized