{"product_id":"blackbird-how-black-musicians-sang-the-beatles-into-being-and-sang-back-to-them-ever-after-hardcover","title":"Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles Into Being--And Sang Back to Them Ever After - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Kapurch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJon Marc Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCyrus Cassells\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beginning, the Beatles acknowledged in interviews their debt to Black music, apparent in their covers of and written original songs inspired by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, and other giants of R\u0026amp;B. \u003ci\u003eBlackbird\u003c\/i\u003e goes deeper, appreciating unacknowledged forerunners, as well as Black artists whose interpretations keep the Beatles in play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on interviews with Black musicians and using the song \"Blackbird\" as a touchstone, Katie Kapurch and Jon Marc Smith tell a new history. They present unheard stories and resituate old ones, offering the phrase \"transatlantic flight\" to characterize a back-and-forth dialogue shaped by Black musicians in the United States and elsewhere, including Liverpool. Kapurch and Smith find a lineage that reaches back to the very origins of American popular music, one that involves the original twentieth-century blackbird, Florence Mills, and the King of the Twelve String, Lead Belly. Continuing the circular flight path with Nina Simone, Billy Preston, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Sylvester, and others, the authors take readers into the twenty-first century, when Black artists like Bettye LaVette harness the Beatles for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed, thoughtful, and revelatory, \u003ci\u003eBlackbird \u003c\/i\u003eexplores musical and storytelling legacies full of rich but contested symbolism. Appealing to those interested in developing a deep understanding of the evolution of popular music, this book promises that you'll never hear \"Blackbird\"--and the Beatles--the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKatie Kapurch\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Texas State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVictorian Melodrama in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNew Critical Perspectives on the Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Beatles and Humour\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJon Marc Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer of English at Texas State University. His publications include scholarship on race and gender in popular music, literature, and film, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eMake Them Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Smith Henderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778414838048,"sku":"9780271095615","price":179.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/28a9ed47d67c273d56dec28d40cf9fee.webp?v=1780506586","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blackbird-how-black-musicians-sang-the-beatles-into-being-and-sang-back-to-them-ever-after-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}