Blues music in the Sixties : a story in Black and White

Abstract

"Blues Music in the Sixties" shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness - especially black masculinity - remained a marker of authenticity.