Blues Before Sunrise
The Radio Interviews
$72.00
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2010
Summary
This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing’s long-running radio program Blues Before Sunrise, the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R&B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has been involved with the blues scene in Chicago for decades. His candid, colorful interviews with prominent blues players, producers, and deejays reveal the behind-the-scenes world of the formative years of recorded blues. Many of these oral his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252077180 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0252077180 |
| Author: | Steve Cushing, Jim O'Neal |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“The book is an unqualified “must have” for any blues fan interested in the history of the music.“– About.com: Blues
“Cushing’s interviews are among the best I have ever read. Blues Before Sunrise appeals to blues fans, media scholars, and any reader who appreciates regional voices and good old-fashioned storytelling.” Barry Lee Pearson, co-author of Robert Johnson: Lost and Found “Sure to fascinate and delight both scholars and general readers, these interviews are full of wonderful material, including some bombshells about who really wrote hit blues songs.” Steve Cheseborough, blues performer and author of Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues
About The Author
Steve Cushing
Steve Cushing has been the host of Blues Before Sunrise for thirty years. He has served as anchor of WBEZ’s nationwide broadcast of the Chicago Blues Festival, performs frequently as a drummer, and has produced several recordings by Magic Slim, Lurrie Bell, and Smokey Smothers.
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