
- 368 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
From the very beginning, the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called 'dirty blues' songs, stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy, bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience.Queer Blues tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote, performed and recorded these wonderfully outlandish, life-affirming songs and chronicles, including: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Josephine Baker to Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon and many more.This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history, from the award-winning Darryl W. Bullock.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Songs
- Introduction
- 1. Leaving the South
- 2. Ma Rainey Gets the Blues
- 3. The Truth About Ma and Bessie
- 4. Alberta, Tony and the Grizzly Bear
- 5. Porter Grainger
- 6. Ethel Waters and Early Harlem
- 7. Clara and Josephine
- 8. Bessie Makes a Record
- 9. Bessie Gets Married and Britain Gets the Blues
- 10. Peachtree Man Blues
- 11. In Harlem’s Araby
- 12. Million Dollar Blues
- 13. Sissies, Freaks, ‘Half-Pint’ and The Hokum Boys
- 14. He Just Don’t Appeal to Me
- 15. It’s Dirty but Good
- 16. Raiding the Pansy Club
- 17. B.D. Women and Old Maids
- 18. Death Letter Blues
- 19. Any Woman’s Blues
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright