Yonder Come the Blues : The Evolution of a Genre (Hardcover, 2 Revised edition)

Introduction: yonder come the Blues Paul Oliver; Book One. Savannah Syncopators: African retentions in the Blues: 1. Afternoon - Nangodi; 2. Africa and jazz historian; 3. Music in West Africa; 4. Savannah song; 5. The source of the slaves; 6. Africa and the Blues; 7. Afterword Paul Oliver; Book Two. Blacks, Whites and Blues: Foreword; 8. Minstrelsy; 9. Old familiar tunes; 10. Letting out the Blues; 11. The Idea of the White People; 12. Out West; 13. Out East; 14. Afterword Tony Russell; Book Three. Recording The Blues: 15. The birth of a new industry; 16. The new market 1920?2; 17. The classic blues; 18. Into the field 1927?30; 19. Hard times; 20. Urban blues 1934?40; 21. End of an era 1941?5 Robert M. W. Dixon and John Godrich; 22. Afterword Howard Rye.