Padnor, pa, usa currently published by warner books, usa. If you want more detail on why, and some of the politics and interests that want you to eat it anyway, read this book. Sugar is addictive with brief hits of pleasure, but not satisfying, with longrange health consequences. This book should have been called the story of sugar. Sugar blues is a song written in 1919 by clarence williams with words by lucy fletcher. I bought it and i wrote on the cover page of the book 1976 so important.
The sugar blues is an important and influential book, and deserves an article for that reason. Sugar blues by clarence williams score and parts sheet. And sugar blues, inspired by the crusade of hollywood legend gloria swanson, is the classic, bestselling expose that unmasks our generations greatest medical killer and shows how a revitalizing, sugar free diet can not only change lives, but quite possibly save them. Jan 02, 2017 the case against sugar by gary taubes 365 pp. Dufty was an organizer for the united auto workers, wrote speeches for former uaw president walter reuther, edited michigan congress of industrial organizations cio news and handled publicity for americans for democratic action. I read sugar blues in the 70s and it was an attack on sugar. Sugar shock how sweets and simple carbs can derail your.
Including ghostwriting, he wrote approximately 40 books. The big book of blues by various softcover sheet music. Rolling stone magazine ranked it number 495 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time and at number five on their list of the 100 greatest guitar songs of all time. This book is not scientific many others books have info for that. Sugar blues takes the reader through an often skipped over history of sugar.
Apr 28, 2015 anger knew swanson was a serious health fanatic william dufty, her sixth husband, wrote the book sugar blues, so he filled a green, footandahalflong coffin with sugar, writing hic jacet here lies gloria swanson on its lid. Sugar blues, an account by william dufty of the devastating health effects of refined sugar, created quite a splash when it was first published in 1975. When william dufty published his classic book, sugar blues, he probably did not envisage the dilemma that so many people would face in later years with the profusion of sugar substitutes. As with the songs on the rest of the album, garcia plays every instrument himself except drums, played by bill kreutzmann, including acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and an electric. Cover of the 50th anniversary edition of lady sings the blues by billie holiday and william dufty. It is the opening track and lead single from their album sticky fingers 1971. His third book on the topic of diet and health, the case against sugar, is a prosecutors brief, much like yudkins own, but fleshed out with four decades worth of extra science and a. Sugar blues is described by the tin pan alley song encyclopedia as a lowdown blues number with lyrics by lucy fletcher and music by clarence williams dating from 1932. Many consider sugar blues by william dufty one of the foundational.
It was recorded by trumpeter clyde mccoy no less than four times, in 1936 initially, and most successfully in 1946, and featured. Find books like sugar blues from the worlds largest community of readers. Kathleen desmaisons came up with the solution and published it in her revolutionary book potatoes not prozac. The book is only 250 pages but it the information contained in it is extremely heavy. Jan 29, 2019 jagger wrote the brown sugar riff while he was filming his part in the 1969 movie ned kelly, and he scrawled the lyrics on sheets of notebook paper while keith richards watched. While some think dufty goes too far in his criticism of the sugar industry, his arguments about the potential danger of processed sugar to the human body, especially when taken in such large. It was written for jerry garcias first solo album garcia, which was released in january 1972. Mums fudge readers favourite photographs, songs and recipes sat 25. I did enjoy it, very much actually, but the title is a little wrong. I vividly remember how energetically i avoided the book. Its the first official release of a version long since bootlegged. The book is not about sugar, though that may be lustigs most vital point.
Gadflyonthewall from new york i believe the term groupie was actually coined by bill on a 1965 australian tour. Forget the indespensible information on the completely nonexistentnutritional value of refined sugar. By the very next year, napoleon had achieved the herculean feat of producing eight million pounds of sugar from homegrown beets. On recent tours theyve been performing the studio version. Aresa, latinautor warner chappell, pedl, bmg rights management us. Sugar blues by william dufty, written way back in 1975. The rolling stones promoted the rereleaseremasterrepackage of their 1971 album sticky fingers with an alternative take of the song, featuring eric clapton on slide guitar, and a sloppier, more festive sound. Death come creepin at my door traditional american mississippi fred mcdowell. Its a dilemma that many healthconscious people have witnessed, if not experienced themselves, and it frequently seems to pop up over pop or soda.
Though the blues may have involved some religious themes, the genre was known as secular music and at times the devils music. Hear the never released version of the stones brown. We crave more to the point of leaving other nutrients lacking, and food without sugar becomes tasteless. Physiological effect, nutritionally induced diseases, carbohydrates, refined, refined carbohydrates, nutrition disorders, adverse effects, popular works. Its a dilemma that many healthconscious people have witnessed, if not experienced themselves, and it frequently seems to pop up over pop or soda, depending upon ones regional vernacular. He has also published two novels, part of his story 1997 and mirandas book 2014, a study of prosody the poems heartbeat 1997, and three collections. Mums fudge readers favourite photographs, songs and recipes sat 25 nov 2017 01. Anger knew swanson was a serious health fanatic william dufty, her sixth husband, wrote the book sugar blues, so he filled a green, footandahalflong coffin with sugar, writing hic jacet here lies gloria swanson on its lid. Have you heard these blues that im gonna sing to you when you hear them they will thrill you through and through there the sweetest blues you ever heard now listen and. Refined sugar the sweetest poison of all a multitude of common physical and mental ailments are strongly linked to the consuming of pure, refined sugar. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Buy a cheap copy of sugar blues book by william dufty. Sugaree is a song written by longtime grateful dead lyricist robert hunter and composed by guitarist jerry garcia. There was a clip in green and white on youtube that had more cutaways to the audience than anything. Sugar blues by william dufty meet your next favorite book. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every american every year, its as addictive as nicotine and as poisonous. I had never heard the term sugar blues despite having suffered it.
If the author wanted to write a book titled the case against sugar, he could have done so in about 12 pages by providing dense, pertinent information to the reader. The results were so startling that the laboratories doublechecked their techniques, then apologised for what they believed to be incorrect readings. Sugar, especially refined, complex, crystallized acidic sugar is the biggest killer there is, beyond heroin says the author william dufty, who was married to the. Handy, a musician and songwriter, was known as the father of the blues. The results were so startling that the laboratories doublechecked their techniques, then apologised for what they believed to. It was covered by buck clayton sextet, castle jazz band, fats waller and his rhythm, al nevins and his orchestra and other artists. In the early 20th century, ragtime music grew in popularity. The live version is much more of a traditional blues and was a showcase for mick taylors virtuosity. William francis dufty february 2, 1916 june 28, 2002 was an american writer, musician, and activist dufty was a supporter of trade unionism. It was recorded for the first time by leona williams and her dixie band in august 1922. Dufty covers the shameful promotion by the department of agriculture, the american medical. It gave you the tools needed to overcome sugar dependency, including selftests and a stepbystep, drugfree program with a customizable diet designed to change your brain chemistry. Alfred corn has published ten books of poems, including stake.
The song sugar blues was written by clarence williams and lucy fletcher and was first recorded and released by leona williams and her dixie band in 1922. Refined sugar the sweetest poison of all by william dufty. Selected poems, 19721992 1999 and, most recently, unions 2014. Another popular category of blues book is the history or survey. The content, substance and tone of the present article must be improved, no doubt about that. Sugar blues is a book by william dufty that was released in 1975 and has become a dietary classic.
He starts off with his own sugar hell and redemption and then delves into the whole history of the cane. I dont want to be pedantic but it was not a year without sugar, it was an attempted year with no sugar. Extractededited from his book sugar blues first published by chilton book co. Dufty, who told billie holidays life story in lady sings the blues, helped popularize macrobiotics in america, wrote sugar blues about the evils of processed sugar, and. Hear the never released version of the stones brown sugar. And sugar blues, inspired by the crusade of hollywood legend gloria swanson, is the classic, bestselling expose that unmasks our generations greatest medical killer and shows how a revitalizing, sugarfree diet can not only change lives, but quite possibly save them.
He is probably best known for playing on the rolling stones single miss you, and in partnering louisiana red. The authors goal is to link the sugar industrys cover up of the enormous damage that sugar has done to what the tobacco industry did with smoking. Dufty published the holiday book in 1956, and at her death in 1959. The song is you a singers art points out, for the arrangement of when i take my sugar to tea, as well as for easy to love mandel did the intros, codas and instrumental portions while dick reynolds. One of the most collectible of these is amiri barakas blues people 1963, written under the name leroi jones, the first modern blues book by an african american. Last week i wrote about a studied link between sugar and heart disease. If you want more motivation to quit sugar, read this book. In 1975, william dufty challenged the conventional thinking on sugar with his bestseller sugar blues. Billie holidays bio, lady sings the blues, may be full of. He wrote about the history of sugar how it once ruled the world, how it was the controller of trade and slavery. Billie holidays bio, lady sings the blues, may be full. It had been proven, prior to the publication of sugar blues, that sugar is a major factor in dental decay. Concert band sheet music book by clarence williams. Sugar blue born james joshua jimmie whiting, december 16, 1949, harlem, new york city is an american blues harmonica player.
It was recorded by trumpeter clyde mccoy no less than four times, in 1936 initially, and most successfully in 1946, and featured in the 1959 marilyn monroe comedy some like it hot. I remembered that john lennon mentioned duftys book in an interview once. Taken with a grain of salt or sugar this is a very informational book, though a little dated having been written in 1975. Goodreads members who liked sugar blues also liked.
William francis dufty was an american writer, musician, and activist. What book was featured on the today show this week. Sugar blues is a book by william dufty that was released in 1975 and has become a dietary. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every american every year. Sara martin recorded it with williams at the piano later that year. This book does not give you implicit instructions on how to kick sugar, processed food. Part of the from the vault series of live concerts from the bands archive, the rolling. Dr tintera finally insisted that all his patients submit to a fourhour glucose tolerance test gtt to find out whether or not they could handle sugar. Have commenced by providing references for some facts and editing the colloquial tone a bit. As baraka is a poet and black militant, this book is pursued by collectors of several categories. Dec 24, 2016 the show was an intimate, rare club appearance and very little footage has been released, until now.
Excellent condition and recd promptlygood seller austinboy. Jul 28, 2010 blues week continues as we present our guide to the best female blues artists ever, starting off with the original queen of the blues mamie smith mamie smith the queen of the blues mamie smith has the distinction of being the first africanamerican to record a vocal blues. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony music entertainment. Sep 18, 2006 cover of the 50th anniversary edition of lady sings the blues by billie holiday and william dufty. The author goes a little over the top, basically blaming every human dis.