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Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim

Kari Fretham

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Description:Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim travels the harrowing streets and plumbs the artistic soul of a modern day soldier for the blues. Far from some pat redemption yarn of "poor boy makes good," the protagonist here is as unsettling as his folk predecessor, John the Conqueror: unruly saint and endearing trickster. Beautifully written in twelve bar structure, complete with introductory riffs and turnarounds, this narrative nonfiction echoes the very music it celebrates. The bluesman typically sings his seven-stanza story in first person; likewise, these seven chapters get personal in the distinctive voice of Los Angeles blues veteran, South Side Slim. Over one hundred hours of recorded interviews were transcribed, verified, and distilled into eighty-eight bars, vignettes, of page-turning drama.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 Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim. To get started finding Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 562

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Distinct Ink

Release: 2011

ISBN: 1458395928

Description: Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim travels the harrowing streets and plumbs the artistic soul of a modern day soldier for the blues. Far from some pat redemption yarn of "poor boy makes good," the protagonist here is as unsettling as his folk predecessor, John the Conqueror: unruly saint and endearing trickster. Beautifully written in twelve bar structure, complete with introductory riffs and turnarounds, this narrative nonfiction echoes the very music it celebrates. The bluesman typically sings his seven-stanza story in first person; likewise, these seven chapters get personal in the distinctive voice of Los Angeles blues veteran, South Side Slim. Over one hundred hours of recorded interviews were transcribed, verified, and distilled into eighty-eight bars, vignettes, of page-turning drama.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 Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim. To get started finding Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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