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Film, Video I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy

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Title

  • I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy

Summary

  • A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the electrified sound that was beginning to emerge in Chicago. This, however, was just one step in his remarkable journey: Big Bill was constantly reinventing himself, both in reality and in his retellings of it. Bob Riesman's groundbreaking biography tells the compelling life story of a lost figure from the annals of music history.

Names

  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-11-16.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Bob Riesman.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-11-16.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688996

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688996/.

APA citation style:

American Folklife Center, S. B. & Library Of Congress. (2012) I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688996/.

MLA citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688996/>.