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Queer Blues

  • ISBN-13: 9781913172527
  • Publisher: OMNIBUS PRESS
    Imprint: OMNIBUS PRESS
  • By Darryl W Bullock
  • Price: AUD $46.99
  • Stock: 57 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 19/07/2023
  • Format: Hardback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 368 pages Weight: 760g
  • Categories: Music [AV]
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From the very beginning, the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called dirty blues songs, stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy, bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience. Queer Blues tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote, performed and recorded these wonderfully outlandish, life-affirming songs and chronicles, including: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Josephine Baker to Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon and many more. This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history, from the award-winning Darryl W. Bullock.

Darryl Bullock is a publisher, editor, and writer specializing in numerous areas including music and the arts. He is the author of The Worlds Worst Records and posts weekly on his popular blog, The Worlds Worst Records. Bullock helped launch We Are Family, the UKs first magazine for LGBT families and their friends. His book The Velvet Mafia won the prestigious Penderyn music book award in 2022, and his following title Pride, Pop, and Poltics was widely acclaimed on release.

 Darryl W. Bullock excavates and celebrates the fantabulous intersection of Blues and Queer Culture, highlighting racial struggles, explosive joy and creativity. I love this book! Simon Doonan

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