Research Catalog

Title

Southern soul-blues / David Whiteis ; foreword by Denise LaSalle.

Author

Whiteis, David

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

LaSalle, Denise

Description

xiv, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era deep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances. Examining the history and development of southern soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of southern soul's most popular and important entertainers and provides first-hand accounts from the clubs, show lounges, festivals, and other local venues where these performers work. Profiles of veteran artists such as Denise LaSalle, the late J. Blackfoot, Latimore, and Bobby Rush--as well as contemporary artists T.K. Soul, Ms. Jody, Sweet Angel, Willie Clayton, and Sir Charles Jones--touch on issues of faith and sensuality, artistic identity and stereotyping, trickster antics, and future directions of the genre. These revealing discussions, drawing on extensive new interviews, also acknowledge the challenges of striving for mainstream popularity while still retaining the cultural and regional identity of the music and maintaining artistic ownership and control in the age of digital dissemination [Publisher description].

Series Statement

Music in American life

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books.
• Music in American life.

Subjects

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Blues musicians > Criticism and interpretation
• Soul musicians > Southern States
• Blues (Music) > History and criticism
• Soul music > Southern States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-296) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword. "America's prodigal son" / by Denise LaSalle -- Introduction. "It's a Southern soul party" -- Deep blues, deep soul, and beyond : the roots and development of Southern soul-blues -- "Party like back in the day" : soul survivors. Latimore : "I capture the feeling" ; Denise LaSalle : still the queen ; J. Blackfoot : "Don't give up, tighten up!" ; Bobby Rush : behind the trickster's mask -- "Now playing love games" : voices from the new generation. Willie Clayton : last man standing ; Sweet Angel : lessons in life ; Sir Charles Jones : "Is there anybody lonely?" ; Ms. Jody : "Just a little bit won't get it" ; Postscript. The "raunch" debate : hoochification or sexual healing? -- The crossroad and further on : where do we go from here? Introduction. Too late to stop now ; Blues with a feeling : writing songs for the market and the heart ; Music and the marketplace : getting heard, getting known, and staying on top of the game ; Evolution : a look toward the future -- Soul stew revisited. Leading lights ; Soul serenade.

ISBN

• 9780252034794 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0252034791 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780252079085 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0252079086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780252094774 (e-book)
• 0252094778 (e-book)

LCCN

^^2012040024

OCLC

• 812122325
• SCSB-9956049

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library