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viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Challenging many accepted notions about the blues, a combination of cultural commentary, musical analysis, research, and visual images provides a new perspective on an enduring musical form and its place in American history.
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1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Collection of filmed interviews with Beyoncé recorded across her career to date, detailing numerous aspects of her life and career and sharing previously unpublished secrets and whispers, as well as putting the record straight on many issues hitherto inaccurately reported in the media.
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xvi, 463 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they featured.
11) Piano blues
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Martin Scorsese presents The blues volume 7
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Director and piano player Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Charles Burnett explores his own childhood being shuttled between a religious mother and a blues-loving uncle. His film combines fiction with documentary footage in the story of a young boy kidnapped to prevent his being saved by a church that viewed blues as the devil's music.
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Martin Scorsese presents The blues volume 3
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Traces the musical odyssey of B.B. King to Memphis and pays homage to the great blues musicians of the Memphis tradition. Filmed on the occasion of the great reunion in which Memphis musicians returned to honor their roots.
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Martin Scorsese presents The blues volume 6
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1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Mike Figgis' film mixes interviews with dozens of the key players of the British blues movement with new music from an all-star jam session at the Abbey Road studios.
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7 videodiscs (780 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([12] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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English
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The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
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xviii, 554 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
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English
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"Peter Guralnick's remarkable work ... covers old ground from new perspectives, offering deeply felt, masterful, and strikingly personal portraits of creative artists, both musicians and writers, at the height of their powers. "You put the book down feeling that its sweep is vast, that you have read of giants who walked among us," rock critic Lester Bangs wrote of Guralnick's earlier work in words that could just as easily be applied to this new one....
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