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Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White Paperback - 2011

by Ulrich Adelt


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Can a type of music be "owned"? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, Blues Music in the Sixties shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness--especially black masculinity--remained a marker of authenticity. Crossing color lines and mixing the beats of B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Janis Joplin; the Newport Folk Festival and the American Folk Blues Festival; and publications such as Living Blues, Ulrich Adelt discusses these developments, including the international aspects of the blues. He highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics and addresses the impact and involvement of audiences and cultural brokers.

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In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness-especially black masculinity-remained a marker of authenticity. "Blues Music in the Sixties" discusses these developments, including the international aspects of the blues. It highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics and addresses the impact and involvement of audiences and cultural brokers.

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  • Title Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White
  • Author Ulrich Adelt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Pages 204
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press
  • Date 2011
  • ISBN 9780813551746 / 0813551749
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009038367
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.643

About the author

ULRICH ADELT is an assistant professor of American Studies and African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of Wyoming. He has published articles in a number of journals, including American Quarterly and the Journal of Popular Music Studies.
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