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245 10 a| Ragged but right :b| black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz /c| Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| Jackson :b| University Press of Mississippi,c| 2007.;

300 a| viii, 461 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 cm.;

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490 1 a| American made music series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-426) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans -- Appendix I: Rosters of Alexander Tolliver's shows ; Appendix II: Itinerary of Alexander Tolliver's big show/smart set ; Appendix III: Circus and wild west side show annex band and minstrel rosters, 1911-1920 ; Appendix IV: Band rosters of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, The Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans, 1900-1940.;

520 a| The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs," with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses, and played a transitional role in the commercial ascendancy of blues and jazz. This book investigates black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the "big shows," the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan. Under the big tent of Tolliver's Smart Set, Ma Rainey, Clara Smith, and others were converted from "coon shouters" to "blues singers." Throughout the ragtime era and into the era of blues and jazz, circuses and Wild West shows exploited the popular demand for black music and culture, yet segregated and subordinated black performers to the sideshow tent. Not to be confused with their nineteenth-century white predecessors, black, tented minstrel shows such as the Rabbit's Foot and Silas Green from New Orleans provided blues and jazz-heavy vernacular entertainment that black southern audiences identified with and took pride in.;

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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.

Author/creator	Abbott, Lynn, 1946-
Other author	Seroff, Doug.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Description	viii, 461 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects	African Americans--Music. --History and criticism. African American musicians--History. Ragtime music--History. Minstrel shows--United States. --History. Tent shows--United States. --History. Sideshows--United States. --History. Music and race--United States. --History.

Series	American made music series American made music series. ^A386424
Contents	Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans -- Appendix I: Rosters of Alexander Tolliver's shows ; Appendix II: Itinerary of Alexander Tolliver's big show/smart set ; Appendix III: Circus and wild west side show annex band and minstrel rosters, 1911-1920 ; Appendix IV: Band rosters of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, The Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans, 1900-1940.
Abstract	The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs," with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses, and played a transitional role in the commercial ascendancy of blues and jazz. This book investigates black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the "big shows," the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan. Under the big tent of Tolliver's Smart Set, Ma Rainey, Clara Smith, and others were converted from "coon shouters" to "blues singers." Throughout the ragtime era and into the era of blues and jazz, circuses and Wild West shows exploited the popular demand for black music and culture, yet segregated and subordinated black performers to the sideshow tent. Not to be confused with their nineteenth-century white predecessors, black, tented minstrel shows such as the Rabbit's Foot and Silas Green from New Orleans provided blues and jazz-heavy vernacular entertainment that black southern audiences identified with and took pride in.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-426) and indexes.
LCCN	2006015009
ISBN	1578069017 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781578069019 (cloth : alk. paper)

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