Blues Fell this Morning: The Meaning of the Blues

Paul Oliver

Horizon Press, 1961 - Music - 355 pages

A new, revised edition of Paul Oliver's classic study of the blues, first published in 1960.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• chapter: 14
• GOING DOWN SLOW: 259

About the author

Paul Hereford Oliver was born in Nottingham, England on May 25, 1927. He trained as a painter and sculptor at the Harrow School of Art, but switched to graphic design because most art materials aggravated his asthma and various allergies. After receiving a diploma from Goldsmith's College in London in 1948, he returned to the Harrow County School to teach art. In 1955, he received an art-history degree from the University of London. He wrote numerous books on blues music including Bessie Smith, Blues Fell This Morning, The Story of the Blues, Screening the Blues: Aspects of the Blues Tradition, Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues, Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records, Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era, and Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recordings and the Early Traditions of the Blues. He was also as an architectural historian. His books on architecture included Shelter and Society, English Cottages and Small Farmhouses: A Study of Vernacular Shelter, Dwellings: The House Across the World, and Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture. He died on August 15, 2017 at the age of 90.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Blues Fell this Morning: The Meaning of the Blues; Collier books; Collier books, AS497v
• Author: Paul Oliver
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Horizon Press, 1961
• ISBN: 0818012226, 9780818012228
• Length: 355 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Blues