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The Story of the Blues Paul Oliven first edition 1969 This was one of the first Blues books that you could simply buy in 1972 at the local V&D. Were there more often than not. And how happy I was! Nothing was available at the time! This is a reissue that was released through Penguin Books in a hefty format, namely 21 x 30 centimeters. For the first time photos and information about well-known names. Paul Oliven an Englishman, and didn't have that bantering tone that much below early writers / enthusiasts such as Samuel Charters reigned. The latter opted for the pure mystique of the black leading lonely bluesman and often rebelled against the raw Chicago or Big City blues. They thought so commercially, missing the whole point. Tommy Johnson, Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson were musicians who were “right” hired to turn things upside down and get people to boogie and dance! The naughty things in life, well they also like porridge. No misery! Paul is one of the first to be unaffected by this prejudice and puts everything neatly next to each other and in perspective. Now also antiquarian again! Joe
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