MUH 2019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mississippi Blues Trail, Dust Bowl, Bessie Smith
6 Oct 2016
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The country blues: charley patton, blind-lemon jefferson , robert johnson. 1921- 100,000,000 records sold, but : 1922 (& later) radio & networks founded. Finds a market that doesn"t listen to radio. Agrarian whites hillbilly or old time music . Rca victor (c. 1903: pseudo black artists, coon shouters (white females) Heinemann (german: records mamie smith (1920, ralph peer: race records . Black swan (1921: pace (af-am song publisher, bankrupt by dec. 1923. Paramount records (1910s: wisconsin chair company, pressing plant for black swan, buys out black swan (1924) Down on the old campground dinwiddie colored quartet (1902) Know listening example to song, style, or performer. Vaudeville performer: singer, dancer, pianist, actress, etc. Performs in all styles: jazz, blues, etc. August 1920 (nyc: okeh records, 1st af-am performer to record blues . Rougher vocal style (also lesser quality of paramount recordings) 1923 recordings on columbia marketed as race records.
