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books on New Orleans R&B

lizardinthspringlizardinthspring 17 Posts
edited May 2009 in Strut Central
answering my own question from the other thread, here are a few books on New Orleans R&B / Soul, does anyone know of others? Gonna hit up the library this weekend.Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans by John Broven (Pelican, 1978)South to Louisiana: the Music of the Cajun Bayous by John Broven (Pelican, 1983)I Hear You Knockin: The Sound Of New Orleans Rhythm And Blues by Jeff Hannusch (Swallow, 1989)Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues by Shane K. Bernard (UMiss, 1996)

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  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    there's another one by Hannusch, but I haven't read it.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues by Shane K. Bernard (UMiss, 1996)

    This could have been a better book than it was, but Bernard's dry, scholarly writing style just doesn't work for me.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts


  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    I'm blanking on the author, but I remember Up From the Cradle Of Jazz being a really good all-rounder.
  • king_maxwellking_maxwell 68 Posts
    Earl Palmer's biography gives some attention to N.O. R & B for the first third or so.

    Also Michael P. Smith's New Orleans Jazz Fest a pictorial history. Enough rad photos to tackle a bear.
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