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- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © Center for the Study of the American South.
- ISSN
- 1534-1488
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Abstract
essay .................... The Color of the Blues Considering Revisionist Blues Scholarship by Christian O'Connell Seasick Steve's appearance on BBC breakfast television in 2009 and the acceptance within the public domain of a white man as a traditional blues musician also points to the possibility that, while some stereotypes remain, others, such as the fact that real bluesmen are black and from the Deep South, may have faded. Seasick Steve, Stockholm, 2009, courtesy of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Presenter: It's blues music that evokes a kind of hobo lifestyle, and people talk about your background in that way. Tell us a bit about where you were before you got to where you are. Seasick Steve: Well, you know, that's like another problem I have. People think they found me under a bridge a few years ago, but I raised five boys, you know, I had normal jobs, I had thirty-five years . . . But when I was a young fella, I had to leave home when I was thirteen, and I did some pretty rough living and wandering around. We used to ride trains or hitchhike and follow migrant work around the farm work.
Journal
Southern Cultures – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Feb 1, 2013