Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Sonny Terry, Roy Book Binder, Ernie Hawkins, John Jackson, Babe Stovall, Butch Robins, Frank Hovington. Excerpt: Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 - September 5, 1969), better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s. White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 30s, he became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film. White also became the closest African-American friend and confidant to president Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies resulted in the right-wing McCarthyites assuming him a Communist. Accordingly, from 1947 through the mid 1960s, White became caught up in the anti-Communist Red Scare, and combined with the resulting attempt to clear his name, his career was damaged. White's playing style influenced many future generations of guitarists, including Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Donegan, Eartha Kitt, Alexis Korner, Odetta, Elvis Presley, The Kingston Trio, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Eric Weissberg, Judy Co...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Folk-Blues Musicians: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill. To get started finding Folk-Blues Musicians: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Folk-Blues Musicians: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Sonny Terry, Roy Book Binder, Ernie Hawkins, John Jackson, Babe Stovall, Butch Robins, Frank Hovington. Excerpt: Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 - September 5, 1969), better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s. White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 30s, he became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film. White also became the closest African-American friend and confidant to president Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies resulted in the right-wing McCarthyites assuming him a Communist. Accordingly, from 1947 through the mid 1960s, White became caught up in the anti-Communist Red Scare, and combined with the resulting attempt to clear his name, his career was damaged. White's playing style influenced many future generations of guitarists, including Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Donegan, Eartha Kitt, Alexis Korner, Odetta, Elvis Presley, The Kingston Trio, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Eric Weissberg, Judy Co...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Folk-Blues Musicians: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill. To get started finding Folk-Blues Musicians: Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Thomasina Winslow, Reverend Gary Davis, Tom Winslow, Jessie Mae Hemphill, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.