Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society

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Notes
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2 Blues People by LeRoi Jones, p. 2 (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1963).
3 3 The African Heritage of American English by Jospeh E. Holloway and Winifred K. Vass, p. xx
(Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993).
4
Shadow Dancing in the USA by Michael Ventura (New York:
St. Martins Press, 1985).
5
Jones, p. 10.
6
The African Heritage of American English by Joseph E. Holloway and Winifred K. Vass, p. 155,
(Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993).
7
Ibid., p. 153
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9
Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by Robert Farris Thompson, p. 97 (New
York: Random House, 1983).
10
The Land Where the Blues Began by Alan Lomax (New York: The New Press, 1993).
11
Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues by Paul Oliver, p. 90 (New York: Stein and Day,
1970).
12
Holloway and Vass, p. 141.
13
Holloway and Vass, p. 143.
14
Holloway and Vass, p. 138.
15
The Roots of the Blues by Samuel Charters, p. 59. (Boston: M. Boyars, 1981).
16
Holloway and Vass, pp. 137, 138.
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18
Blues All Around Me by B.B. King and David Ritz (New York: Avon Books, 1996).
19
From an unpublished autobiography; source wishes to remain anonymous.
20
Ibid.
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22
From The Slanguage of Sex by Brigid McConville and and John Shearlaw, (McLean, VA: Macdonald
Publishing Company, 1984) as cited on The Phrase Finder Web site.
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24
Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang by Clarence Major, p. 15 (New York: Penguin
Books, 1970, 1994).
25 Blues from the Delta by William Ferris, p. 35 (New York: Da Capo Press reprint, 1984; originally
published Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1978).
26 The Land Where the Blues Began by Alan Lomax, p. 397 (New York: The New Press, 1993).
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28 Ibid.
29 Major, pg. 15.
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31 From unpublished autobiography cited in Endnote 1.
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33 Ferris, p. 37, interview with B.B. King in New Haven, CT, 1975.
34 Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues by Paul Oliver, pp. 84~85 (New York: Stein and
Day, 1970).
35 Oliver, p. 84, quoting Big Bill Blues, p. 8 (Cassell, 1955)
36 Oliver, p. 84, quoting Jazz Journal December 1963 article by Dave Mangurian.
37 Major, p. 19.
38 Ibid.
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