The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson

The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson

Julia Simon

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Penn State University Press
Año de edición:
2022
ISBN:
9780271092553
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Explores the work of professional blues musician Lonnie Johnson, demonstrating how his recorded works reveal lyrical and musical themes that call into question critical assumptions about the genre.

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