The Truman and Eisenhower Blues is a fascinating and exhaustive account
of the gospel and blues music of the post-war period (1945-1960). Guido
van Rijn studies over 300 songs, many of them rare recordings, from
artists including Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, and
usefully transcribes 123 of them in their entirety. Tapping sources
which have previously been neglected by historians, musicologists and
sociologists, he provides an illuminating examination of the themes at
the heart of this Cold War music: the reconversion, the atomic bomb, the
Korean War, civil rights, Presidential elections, the economy and the
space race. This is a companion volume to the author's award-winning
book Roosevelt's Blues (1997).
Foreword by Professor David Evans (University of Memphis)
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Those Reconversion Blues
2. Atom and Evil
3. The Freedom Choo Choo
4. Say a Prayer for the Boys in Korea
5. Things Are So Slow
6. The Alabama Bus
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography and Further Reading
Song Index
Artist Index
General Index
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