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245 10 a| Beyond the crossroads :b| the devil & the blues tradition /c| Adam Gussow.;

246 3 a| Beyond the crossroads :b| the devil and the blues tradition;

264 1 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2017];

300 a| 404 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| New directions in southern studies;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Heaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the devil's daughter: blues tricksters signifying on Jim Crow -- The devil's gonna get you: blues romance and the paradoxes of black freedom -- Selling it at the crossroads: the lives and legacies of Robert Johnson -- Playing for the haints: Ike's protégé and crossroads folklore -- I got a big white fella from Memphis made a deal with me: black men, white boys, and the anxieties of blues postmodernity in Walter Hill's crossroads -- Local and private legislation: branding the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi.;

520 a| The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake ('the devil's music'), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings. This book takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, the author explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as "the crossroads" in 1999, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.;

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650 0 a| Blues (Music)z| Southern Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A54525;

650 0 a| Blues (Music)x| Religious aspects.=| ^A310464;

650 0 a| Devil in music.=| ^A1356797;

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Beyond the crossroads : the devil & the blues tradition / Adam Gussow.

Author/creator	Gussow, Adam author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Description	404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938. Blues (Music)--Southern States. --History and criticism. Blues (Music)--Religious aspects. Devil in music.

Variant title	Beyond the crossroads : the devil and the blues tradition
Series	New directions in southern studies New directions in southern studies. ^A713052
Contents	Heaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the devil's daughter: blues tricksters signifying on Jim Crow -- The devil's gonna get you: blues romance and the paradoxes of black freedom -- Selling it at the crossroads: the lives and legacies of Robert Johnson -- Playing for the haints: Ike's protégé and crossroads folklore -- I got a big white fella from Memphis made a deal with me: black men, white boys, and the anxieties of blues postmodernity in Walter Hill's crossroads -- Local and private legislation: branding the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Abstract	The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake ('the devil's music'), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings. This book takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, the author explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as "the crossroads" in 1999, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2017002264
ISBN	9781469633657 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1469633655 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	9781469633664 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1469633663 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	electronic book

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