15. Even White Folks Get the Blues

  1. Jesse R. Steinberg3,
  2. Abrol Fairweather4,5
  1. Douglas Langston,
  2. Nathaniel Langston

Published Online: 19 APR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118153284.ch15

Book Title

Blues-Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking Deep About Feeling Low

Blues-Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking Deep About Feeling Low

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How to Cite

Langston, D. and Langston, N. (2011) Even White Folks Get the Blues, in Blues-Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking Deep About Feeling Low (eds J. R. Steinberg and A. Fairweather), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118153284.ch15

Editor Information

  1. 3

    University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA

  2. 4

    San Francisco State University, USA

  3. 5

    University of San Fransisco, USA

Author Information

  1. New College of Florida, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 APR 2012
  2. Published Print: 9 DEC 2011

Book Series:

  1. Philosophy for Everyone

Book Series Editors:

  1. Fritz Allhoff

Series Editor Information

  1. Western Michigan University, USA

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470656808

Online ISBN: 9781118153284

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Keywords:

  • Even White Folks Get the Blues;
  • belief, whites, of not being blues musician;
  • claims, of only blacks playing the blues;
  • ‘experiential’ sense of ‘get.’;
  • ‘getting’ of the music of the blues;
  • blues music, three or four basic chords;
  • instrumental techniques, and blues music;
  • Blind Willie Johnson's ‘Dark was the Night’;
  • lyrics of the blues, what they express

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