Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music /
This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous-even revolutionary-A & R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world. It is the story of the life and 50-year career of the man who was crucial in discovering star...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Chicago Review Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous-even revolutionary-A & R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world. It is the story of the life and 50-year career of the man who was crucial in discovering star musicians and establishing the genres of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music. It tracks Peer's role in such groundbreaking episodes as recording the record that sparked the blues craze, the first country recording sessions with Fiddlin' John Carson, his discovery of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carte. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781613740248 1613740247 9781613740224 1613740220 9781613733882 1613733887 |
