{"product_id":"blues-before-sunrise-steve-cushing-9780252033018","title":"Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program \u003ci\u003eBlues Before Sunrise, \u003c\/i\u003e the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R\u0026amp;B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has been involved with the blues scene in Chicago for decades. His candid, colorful interviews with prominent blues players, producers, and deejays reveal the behind-the-scenes world of the formative years of recorded blues. Many of these oral histories detail the careers of lesser-known but greatly influential blues performers and promoters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book focuses in particular on pre-World War II blues singers, performers active in 1950s Chicago, and nonperformers who contributed to the early blues world. Interviewees include Alberta Hunter, one of the earliest African American singers to transition from Chicago's Bronzeville nightlife to the international spotlight, and Ralph Bass, one of the greatest R\u0026amp;B producers of his era. Blues expert, writer, record producer, and cofounder of \u003ci\u003eLiving Blues Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Jim O'Neal provides the book's foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Cushing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252033019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252033018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Steve Cushing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086439395583,"sku":"9780252033018","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c5e0675-4734-42b6-b803-a2759923b110.jpg?v=1769094675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blues-before-sunrise-steve-cushing-9780252033018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}