Mark wrote:
However, neither of these musics were of very respectable or
even mainstream culture, always thought to be from the wrong
side of the tracks. I don't really recall any hillbilly
musicians in vintage hardboiled lit, either. Are there even
many (I can't think of any, but my knowledge of vintage HB
could be a lot better) scenes set in roadhouses or juke
joints?
This is sort of where I wanted to go when this thread
started. There are lots of jazz references in
thirties/forties hardboiled, but I havent' found any
substantial blues references. I assumed that it had to do
that early blues was not "acceptable" music, whereas jazz was
more commonly accepted and listened to by white audiences. In
fact, even in early african american culture, the blues was
devil's music.
It's too bad that blues settings haven't been used, cause I
think that there is lots of fodder there for fiction. Just
take Charley Patton's life...from what little is known, he
was a hell-raiser, a wife-beater, and a drunk. And blues juke
joints weren't safe places to be.
All of which sounds like grist for the hard boiled fiction
mill.
Tribe
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