{"product_id":"hard-luck-blues-rich-remsberg-9780252077098","title":"Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003eShowcasing American music and music making during the Great Depression, \u003ci\u003eHard Luck Blues\u003c\/i\u003e presents more than two hundred photographs created by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration photography program. With an appreciation for the amateur and the local, FSA photographers depicted a range of musicians sharing the regular music of everyday life, from informal songs in migrant work camps, farmers' homes, barn dances, and on street corners to organized performances at church revivals, dance halls, and community festivals. Captured across the nation from the northeast to the southwest, the images document the last generation of musicians who learned to play without the influence of recorded sound, as well as some of the pioneers of Chicago's R \u0026amp; B scene and the first years of amplified instruments. The best visual representation of American roots music performance during the Depression era, \u003ci\u003eHard Luck Blues\u003c\/i\u003e features photographs by Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Marion Post Wolcott, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographer and image researcher Rich Remsberg breathes life into the images by providing contextual details about the persons and events captured, in some cases drawing on interviews with the photographers' subjects. Also included are a foreword by author Nicholas Dawidoff and an afterword by music historian Henry Sapoznik.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublished in association with the Library of Congress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rich Remsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252077091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252077098\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 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010","brand":"Rich Remsberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431300288767,"sku":"9780252077098","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_056d2547-b3c5-48c6-8ab8-d21b471fece5.jpg?v=1735140916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-luck-blues-rich-remsberg-9780252077098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}