NBC: RE: Pre-blues music & musicians?

Date: 10 Feb 2003 20:43:35 -0800
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It's defined as Kansas State's non-conference football schedule.
Reg Burns - Houston
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From: Blues Music List [mailto:email-address-deleted]On Behalf Of
Blue Stew
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:39 PM
To: email-address-deleted
Subject: Re: Pre-blues music & musicians?
What (exactly) is a cake walk?
MM
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From: Blues Music List [mailto:email-address-deleted]On Behalf Of
Dick Waterman
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:20 PM
To: email-address-deleted
Subject: Re: Pre-blues music & musicians?
In a message dated 2/10/03 10:10:59 PM, email-address-deleted writes:
>I'm interested in learning more about the early songsters who
>influenced Charley Patton, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, et al.
>I'm thinking of guys like Henry 'Ragtime Texas' Thomas, Rabbit Brown
>and Hambone Willie Newbern, and whoever it was whom Rev. Gary Davis
>said he first heard 'Candyman' in 1905. I'd love to hear stories about
>the medicine shows & carnival shows from the late 19th century-early
>20th century. I'd like to learn more about the reels, gospels,
>minstrel pieces, and ragtime numbers that informed the blues.
>
>Did any of the major blues historians -- like Paul Oliver or Samuel
>Charters -- write anything specifically on the pre-blues era?
>
>If anyone has a book/video/article they would recommend on this topic,
>I'd appreciate it!
The 'exact' book that you are looking for is out that and I just cannot
remember the title.
Somebody help me. It has a long title and it contains the word "cakewalks."
C'mon, somebody help me. We can give this guy exactly what he is trying to
find.
Dick Waterman
Oxford, MS
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