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On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom By Dennis McNally

Read "On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom By Dennis McNally" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom Dennis McNally 384 Pages ISBN: #978-1619024496 Counterpoint 2014 Since Samuel Charters The Country Blues (Reinhart) in 1959, beginning, effectively, the serious reportage of American Folk Music, in particular the blues, there have been two far-reaching trilogies that address American Folk Music against the larger backdrop of race and culture. The first is Peter Guralnick's Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues, ...


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