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A forgotten singer from the early days of jazz is at the center of this riveting book--a narrative that is part mystery, part biography, part meditation on the meaning and power of music.
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In an illuminating meditation on the spirit of musicmakers, the author of The Devil and Sonny Liston traces the life and times of Emmett Miller, an obscure yodeling blackface performer from the early days of jazz, discussing his music and its signifance in terms of the evolution of jazz, country, blues, and popular music of the twentieth century. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.
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