Beale Street Dynasty : : Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
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Birth of a kingpin, 1866-1885. There is no Yankee Doodle in Memphis ; A promiscuous running fight ; A frightful state of moral darkness ; Birth of a kingpin -- Birth of Beale, 1885-1892. Dividing the wages of sin ; Contributions from malefactors ; Free speech, high revelry, and low song ; The true spark of manhood -- Birth of the blues, 1901-1918. Red, gray, and blue ; Doctor said it'd kill me, but he didn't say when ; Purifying the moral atmosphere ; The gig ; We gonna barrelhouse anyhow ; Like a stone cast into the sea ; I'd rather be there than any place I know -- The lid, 1918-1940. All the pretty girls lived good ; In a class by himself ; The frolic ; The unholy combination ; Snitchin' gambler blues ; God's chillun ; Within the gates of Memphis ; A Boyle festers ; This is a white man's country.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xi, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393082579
0393082571
SUBJECTS
Church, Robert Reed, -- 1839-1912.
Church, Robert Reed, -- 1839-1912 -- Family.
Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) -- History.
Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) -- Biography.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- History.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations.