From the very beginning,the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called'dirty blues'songs,stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy,bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience.Queer Blues tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote,performed and recorded these wonderfully outlandish,life-affirming songs and chronicles,including: Bessie Smith,Ma Rainey,Josephine Baker to Frankie'Half-Pint'Jaxon and many more.This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history,from the award-winning Darryl W. Bullock.
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Publisher: Omnibus PressISBN: 9781913172527Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
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'Darryl W. Bullock excavates and celebrates the fantabulous intersection of Blues and Queer Culture,highlighting racial struggles,explosive joy and creativity. I love this book!'Simon Doonan'Meticulously researched and rich in detail,Queer Blues is fabulous in its debunking of myths and righting of wrongs'4 Mojo
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