Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Music
First Advisor
Mark Spicer
Second Advisor
Philip Ewell
Academic Program Adviser
Philip Ewell
Abstract
This thesis explores Isaac Hayes's 1969 album Hot Buttered Soul, an early exemplar of the concept album genre. Historical, theoretical, and musical context is analyzed in order to show the groundbreaking nature of Hot Buttered Soul in the trajectory of African American popular music.
Recommended Citation
Terry, Bryan, "Isaac Hayes’s Soul Concept: Reexamining Hot Buttered Soul as a Pioneering Concept Album" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/496