Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music / Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe.
2008
781.643097624 G495d 2008
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Title
Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music / Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780393062588 (hardcover)
0393062589 (hardcover)
0393062589 (hardcover)
Imprint
New York : W. W. Norton, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 449 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
781.643097624 G495d 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)212893669
(OCoLC)212893669
(OCoLC)212893669
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-426) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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