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Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil HarpePublication Details
Book1st edW. W. Norton2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML3521 .G56 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the nineteenth century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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- The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta–from legendary greats Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, B. B. King, and others–changed the course of American popular music
Contents
- The blues and the old kingdoms
- Where the southern cross the dog
- Dockery’s plantation
- Parchman prison
- Hard time killin’ floor
- Hellhound on my trail
- I’m a rolling stone
- Hooker’s boogie
- Smokestack lightnin’ - - Riding with the King
- The blues revival
ISBN
- 9780393062588
- 0393062589
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