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Ragged but right [electronic resource] : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.

By: Abbott, Lynn, 1946-.
Contributor(s): Seroff, Doug | ebrary, Inc.
Series: American made music series: Publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: viii, 461 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Subject(s): African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism | Minstrel shows -- United States -- History | Tent shows -- United States -- History | Sideshows -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 781.64089/96073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.
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781.64089/96073 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.

Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.