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portada Searching for Jimmie Strother: A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory (en Inglés)
Formato
Libro Físico
Editorial
Idioma
Inglés
N° páginas
306
Encuadernación
Tapa Blanda
ISBN13
9780813952314

Searching for Jimmie Strother: A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory (en Inglés)

Gregg D. Kimball Phd (Autor) · Rivanna · Tapa Blanda

Searching for Jimmie Strother: A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory (en Inglés) - Gregg D. Kimball Phd

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The incredible true story of a blind musician, a brutal crime, and the making of an American folk legend In June 1936 James Lee Strother performed thirteen songs at the Virginia State Prison Farm for famed folklorist John Lomax and the Library of Congress. Rooted in the rich soil of the Piedmont region, Strother's repertoire epitomized the Black songsters who defy easy classification. Blinded in a steel mill explosion, which only intensified his drive to connect to the world through song, Strother drew on old spirituals and country breakdowns as readily as he explored emerging genres like blues and ragtime. Biographer Gregg Kimball revives this elusive but singular talent and the creative and historical worlds in which his dramatic life unfolded. Myths surround Strother but, as Kimball reveals, the facts of Strother's life are just as compelling as the fanciful embellishments proffered by early folklorists. Musician, murderer, and beloved family member--Strother somehow played each of these roles, and more. And while the songster's comedic ditties, spirituals, and blues tunes reached a wide range of listeners (and were later covered by musicians like Pete Seeger and Jefferson Airplane), they carried a dark undercurrent that spoke directly to the experiences of Black Americans: sundown towns, Jim Crow segregation, and labor exploitation. As Kimball shows, Strother's powerful songs and remarkable, tumultuous life continue to influence and remain deeply relevant to American culture to this day.

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