Blues traveling [[electronic resource] ] : the holy sites of Delta blues / / Steve Cheseborough
Pubbl/distr/stampa
Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2009
ISBN
1-282-48601-2
9786612485787
9786612486012
1-60473-328-4
Edizione
[3rd ed.]
Descrizione fisica
1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina
781.64309762
Soggetti
Blues (Music) - History and criticism
Blues musicians - Homes and haunts
Musical landmarks - Mississippi
Musical landmarks - Tennessee - Memphis
Musical landmarks - Arkansas - Helena
Electronic books.
Mississippi Guidebooks
Memphis (Tenn.) Guidebooks
Helena (Ark.) Guidebooks
Lingua di pubblicazione
Inglese
Formato
Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico
Monografia
Note generali
Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto
Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Looking for the Blues; Chapter 2: Memphis; Chapter 3: Down Highway 61; Chapter 4: The Clarksdale Area; Chapter 5: The Mid-Delta; Chapter 6: The Greenwood Area; Chapter 7: Greenville to Vicksburg; Chapter 8: The Jackson Area; Chapter 9: East Mississippi; Chapter 10: North Mississippi Hill Country; Recommended Reading; Recommended Listening; Index
Sommario/riassunto
At a crossroads in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the Devil so that he could become a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues will tell you where that legendary deal was supposed to have been made and guide you to all the other hallowed grounds that nourished
Mississippi's signature music. Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Bobby Rush, Junior Kimbrough, R. L. Burnsi