Wichita blues : music in the African American community /

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Author / Creator:O'Connor, Patrick Joseph, 1948- author.
Imprint:Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]
Description:xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:American made music series
American made music series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13551358
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Other authors / contributors:Evans, David, 1944- writer of foreword.
ISBN:9781496853011
1496853016
9781496853004
1496853008
9781496852991
9781496852984
9781496852977
9781496852960
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded. But until now, little attention has been paid to the Midwest, despite the presence and popularity of blues in these heartland communities. Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community seeks to address this gap in music history by exploring the lively Wichita blues tradition. In interviews with nineteen African American Wichita blues performers, author Patrick Joseph O'Connor reveals the evolution of the blues from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond. Utilizing twenty-five years of fieldwork, Wichita Blues details the history of performance and camaraderie among the musicians of this often-neglected regional sound. The personal interviews offer unique insight into topics that shape Wichita's sound, including how migration from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas brought varied artists to the area and the ways musical traditions cross racial divides and generations. The artists articulate the poetics of the blues and the diverse regional influences that can be detected in their music. In exploring the Wichita blues tradition, O'Connor traces African American history in Kansas, ranging from the Exoduster movement in the late nineteenth century and minstrel shows across the state to Black cowboys and growing urban African American communities in Topeka and Wichita. Including a foreword by renowned music scholar David Evans, Wichita Blues allows seasoned blues musicians to tell their own stories and paints a picture of the vibrant Black music scene in the city"--
Other form:Online version: O'Connor, Patrick Joseph. Wichita blues Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2024 9781496852991

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505 0 0 |t Acknowledgments --  |t Foreword --  |t Introduction --  |t Chapter One: Early African Americans in Kansas: cowboys, soldiers, settlers, and minstrels --  |t Chapter Two: Early urban centers in Kansas: Topeka and Wichita --  |t Chapter Three: The 1930s: Walton Morgan, Shirley Green, Perry Reed --  |t Chapter Four: The 1940s: Gene Metcalf, Harold Cary, Arthur Bates --  |t Chapter Five: The 1950s: Franklin Mitchell, Jerry Childers, Henry Walker --  |t Chapter Six: Folk artists in the 1950s: Harmonica Chuck, Albert Tucker --  |t Chapter Seven: The 1950s Oklahoma influence: Jesse Anderson, Donald Dunn, Berry Harris, Charles Walker, Remona Hicks --  |t Chapter Eight: The 1960s: Joe Lotson, Ray Valentine, Barbara Kerr --  |t Chapter Nine: Discussion of results: narrative analysis; Wichita, its importance in blues history --  |t Appendix: Jazz performers who played prewar Wichita --  |t Notes --  |t Bibliography --  |t Index. 
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650 6 |a Musiciens noirs américains  |z Kansas  |z Wichita  |v Entretiens. 
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