The Blues Lyric Formula
- Author: Taft, Michael
Book
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Contents
- Acknowledgements Introduction
- 1. Defining the Commercial Blues
- 2. Defining the Blues Formula
- 3. Fine Adjustments: Extraformulaic Elements in the Blues
- 4. The Ties that Bind: Formulas to Lines, Lines to Stanzas, Stanzaes to Songs
- 5. Twenty Common Formulas
- 6. One Singer's Formulaic Tradition: The Repertoire of Garfield Akers Conclusion: Why is the Blues Formulaic? Singers and Their Songs References Index