Music history
The Chitlin' Circuit
About this book
Preston Lauterbach follows the network of clubs, theaters, promoters, and performers that made touring possible for Black artists under segregation. The book shows how booking and travel connected local scenes, and how those routes helped new styles reach listeners. It gives attention to the people who kept a show on the road as well as those onstage.
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- ISBN-13
- 9780393076523
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition date
- 2011
- First published
- 2011
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