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Samuel Barclay Charters (1929–2015)

Autor(a) de The Country Blues

51 Works 537 Membros 4 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Samuel Charters was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1929. After serving in the Army during the Korean War, he spent time in New Orleans, where he played clarinet, banjo and washboard in bands and studied with the jazz clarinetist George Lewis. He received a degree in economics from mostrar mais the University of California, Berkeley. His first book, The Country Blues, was published in 1959 and was released in tandem with an album also entitled The Country Blues. His other books included The Roots of the Blues, The Legacy of the Blues, The Poetry of the Blues, The Bluesmen, Jazz New Orleans, A Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora, Songs of Sorrow, and The Harry Bright Dances. He also produced albums including Chicago: The Blues Today! and the first four albums by Country Joe and the Fish. He published several poetry collections including Things to Do Around Piccadilly and What Paths, What Journeys as well as several novels including Louisiana Black and Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After the Ed Sullivan Show. He also translated works by Swedish authors and wrote a book in Swedish entitled Spelmannen, about Swedish fiddlers. He died of myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of bone marrow cancer, on March 18, 2015 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Samuel Barclay Charters

The Country Blues (1959) 92 cópias
The Poetry of the Blues (1963) 52 cópias
Robert Johnson (1973) 22 cópias
Sweet as the showers of rain (2006) 17 cópias
Louisiana Black: A Novel (1986) 6 cópias
From a Swedish notebook (1972) 3 cópias
To This Place 2 cópias
Mr. Jabi and Mr. Smythe (1983) 2 cópias
The Harry Bright Dances: A Fable (2015) 1 exemplar(es)
the landscape at bolinas 1 exemplar(es)
Days 1 exemplar(es)
City blues 1 exemplar(es)
In Lagos, Ereko Street, 9p.m. (1976) 1 exemplar(es)
from a london notebook (1973) 1 exemplar(es)
A Country Year: A Chronicle (1992) 1 exemplar(es)
The Penny Paper 1 exemplar(es)
After The Rain 1 exemplar(es)
Portents 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

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Rostie | Apr 23, 2023 |
 
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Budzul | Jun 1, 2008 |
Interviewed on NPR Fresh Air, as the first recorder of blues artists. What about Lomax, Strachwitz? Recorded on Vanguard. Died in 2015.
 
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clifforddham | Mar 20, 2015 |
Interviewed on NPR Fresh Air as the first collector of blues artists, in the 1950s. "Discovered" Lighting Hopkins. Author of influential texts. What about Lomax, Stracwitz? Died 2015.
 
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clifforddham | Mar 20, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
51
Membros
537
Popularidade
#46,380
Avaliação
4.1
Resenhas
4
ISBNs
55
Idiomas
5
Favorito
1

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