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Queer blues : the hidden figures of early blues music / Darryl W. Bullock.

by Bullock, Darryl W., author.

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London : Omnibus Press, [2023]

Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.

Blues (Music) -- To 1931.

Blues (Music) -- 1931-1940.

Blues musicians -- Biography.

Gay musicians -- Biography.

Lesbian musicians -- Biography.

Transgender musicians -- Biography.

9781913172527 (hardcover) :

191317252X (hardcover)

xv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Leaving the south -- Ma Rainey gets the blues -- The truth about Ma and Bessie -- Alberta, Tony and the grizzly bear -- Porter Grainger -- Ethel Waters and early Harlem -- Clara and Josephine -- Bessie makes a record -- Bessie gets married and Britain gets the blues -- Peachtree man blues -- In Harlem's Araby -- Million dollar blues -- Sissies, freaks, 'Half-Pint' and The Hokum Boys -- He just don't appeal to me -- It's dirty but good -- Raiding the Pansy Club -- B.D. women and old maids -- Death letter blues -- Any woman's blues.

During the 1920s and 30s, many of the biggest stars of the time--including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, Porter Grainger, Josephine Baker, Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon, Lucille Bogan, Tony Jackson and Clara Smith--were openly celebrating LGBTQ lives through the songs they wrote, performed and recorded. Award-winning author Darryl W. Bullock brings their stories to the fore through contemporary reports, interviews, news articles and rare archive material, painting a vibrant picture of a revolutionary period in both popular music and Queer history that has long been overlooked.

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