List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Just turn that noise off . Chapter 1. Sense and Sensibility: How We Know What the Blues Is Chapter 2. Early in the Morning: An Awakening Under the Influence of the Hot Club Movement B.O.A.S.: Blues Overseas American Service The Perception of Jazz and Blues in East Germany Conquering the Media's Gray Zone Archetypes: Blues on Stage Chapter 3.

Get off of My Cloud: Emancipation The Concept and Design of the American Folk Blues Festivals Logistics, Marketing, and Artistic Profiles The Second Season of the American Folk Blues Festival The American Folk Blues Festival in East Germany Blues Discourses: Topoi, Interpretive Models, and Clichés Chapter 4. Standing at the Crossroads: Expansion Between Pop and Political Protest The Voice of the 'Other America' The Blues as Official Culture in East Germany In German: Blues and the Mother Tongue Far from the Mainstream: L+R Records Chapter 5. I'm Drifting and Drifting: Daily Routines Niches and Biotopes: Scene Action Spaces The Self-Concept of the German Blues Circle Only a 'Black' Person Can Sing the Blues Metamorphoses: The Blues and the Hippie Cult in East Germany Fans in the State's Crosshairs Conclusion: . just turn it up References Index.