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Blues Essays
Here are some blues essays which may be of interest to you. They were written by enthusiasts of the blues as amateur writers. All essays are copyright of the authors. Please do not reproduce or distribute them without their prior knowledge and permission. They are provided here for educational use only.
Survey of Black
Preachers in the South-before 1940 by Max Haymes
Ghost
Trains of Mississippi by Michael Gray
Got
the Blues for Chattanooga
by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 6 - Big Ship Blues by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 5 - Nut Factory Blues by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 4 - P. C. Railroad Blues by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 3 - Beaver Slide Rag by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 2 - Mobile and Western Line by Max Haymes
Background
of Recorded Blues: No. 1 - Pea Vine Blues by Max Haymes
Blues
Singers & Their Instruments by Dai Thomas
Catfish
Blues (Origins of a Blues) by Max Haymes
“Now
Look-A Here, Blues.
I Wanta Talk To
You”* by Max Haymes
* “Conversation With
The Blues” Big Bill. 1941.
T
C I Blues by Max Haymes
Back
to the Land of California
- Robert Johnson & "Sweet Home Chicago" by Max Haymes
"Katy's
at the Station, Santa Fe is in the Yard"
(on the rail trail of Bessie Tucker - Queen of the Texas Moaners)
"This Cat's Got the Yellow Dog Blues"
- origins of the term Yellow Dog by Max Haymes
"Worry Blues"- an in-depth study of Tom Dickson's recorded output by Max Haymes
Baby
Please Don't go (Origins of a Blues)
by Max Haymes
Spotlight
on Lucille Bogan (Part 1) by Max Haymes
Spotlight
on Lucille Bogan (Part 2) by Max Haymes
Spotlight
on Lucille Bogan (Part 3) by Max Haymes
Spotlight
on Lucille Bogan (Part 4) by Max Haymes
Spotlight
on Lucille Bogan (Part 5 - Conclusion) by Max Haymes
Blues
Where You From? by Max Haymes
Got The Blues For Mean Old Stack O' Lee by
Max Haymes
Lemon's Hoodoo Moan
(Hoodooism
and the Blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson)
by Max Haymes
Robert
Johnson, His Life, His Music, His Legacy by Alan White
Some Blues Roots of Rock 'N
Roll Music by Max Haymes
Hoboes and Their Constant
Struggle with Railroad Workers by Alan
White
One Way / Country Rock Blues
by Max Haymes
Gulfport Island Road Blues
by Max Haymes
More to come soon.....
"I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder" - Mandolins in the Blues
If you have an essay on the blues you would like publishing on this site or wish to ask permission to copy one, please email alan.white@earlyblues.com Thank you.
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