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Posted By: Thomas Stern
30-Apr-24 - 08:57 PM
Thread Name: Article on racial protest in the blues
Subject: RE: Article on racial protest in the blues
On this topic, one might also consider the the Lawrence Gellert recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBSd-vCx-g and books Negro Songs of Protest Me And My Captain
Conforth: African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story
A reference which appears on many country/rural blues Going to the Territory / Nation. A reference to the Oklahoma territory.
The Red Man and The Blues by Max Haymes https://www.earlyblues.com/Essay%20-%20The%20Red%20Man%20and%20The%20Blues%20-%20Chapter%204.htm
Going to the Nation: The Idea of Oklahoma in Early Blues Recordings Chris Smith Popular Music Vol. 26, No. 1, Special Issue on the Blues in Honour of Paul Oliver (Jan., 2007), pp. 83-96 (14 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press