See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson by Govenar, Alan

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781646053124)

Author: Alan Govenar
Product Type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson by Govenar, Alan

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson

$28.00
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson by Govenar, Alan

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson

$28.00
Format: Hardcover
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A new biography of the beloved but mysterious Blind Lemon Jefferson, famous blues musician. Born in 1897, Jefferson was a blind street musician who played his guitar at the corner of Elm Street and Central Avenue in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas, Texas, until a Paramount Records scout discovered him. Between 1926 and his untimely death in 1929, Jefferson made more than 80 records and became the biggest-selling blues singer in America. Although his recordings are extensive, details about his life are relatively few. Through Govenar and Lornell's extensive interviews and research, See That My Grave is Kept Clean gathers the scattered facts behind Blind Lemon Jefferson's mythic representations.

Author: Alan Govenar, Kip Lornell
ISBN-10: 1646053125
ISBN-13: 9781646053124
Publisher: La Reunion Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d
By Alan Govenar
By Alan Govenar
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Alan Govenar is an award-winning writer, poet, playwright, photographer, and filmmaker. He is director of Documentary Arts, a non-profit organization he founded to advance essential perspectives on historical issues and diverse cultures. Govenar is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of more than thirty books, including Paradise in the Smallest Thing, Stoney Knows How: Life as a Tattoo Artist, Lightnin' Hopkins, Untold Glory, Texas Blues, Stompin' at the Savoy, Everyday Music, Texas in Paris, Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter, and A Pillow on the Ocean of Time. His novel Boccaccio in the Berkshires was published by Deep Vellum in 2021, and Deep Ellym and Central Track, co-authored with Jay F. Brakefield, will be published by Deep Vellum in 2023.

Kip Lornell taught courses in American music and ethnomusicology at George Washington University from 1992 until 2023 and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has published 17 previous books on topics ranging from Black gospel quartets to bluegrass in Washington DC to a biography of Lead Belly. Since 1972 his research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the NEA, NEH, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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