The Devil's Son-in-Law: The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and His Songs

Music. African American Studies. Print and CD Format. A look at the life and music of Peetie Wheatstraw, complete with companion CD. "A brilliant reconstruction of one particular blues singer and the life he must have lead...a fascinating picture of an era long departed...a very fine book" - Derrick Stewart-Baxter,Jazz Journal. "Combines Marxism, surrealism and psycoanalysis in an innovative and engaging analysis of the poetry and power of black secular music" - David Roediger. " A new and important approach to the analysis of blues as a psychopoetic phenomenon" - Samuel Floyd.