Barrelhouse Words:: A Blues Dialect Dictionary biopsychology from the asylum to the

from the asylum to the academy

more honestly

I found myself laughing and crying along with the characters

illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches

‘DESPITE ITS CHILLING PREMISE

Barrelhouse Words:: A Blues Dialect Dictionary biopsychology from the asylum to theThis fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft overlooked ''race records'' recorded between 1923 and 1949. From ''aggravatin'