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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453872703321

Autore

Cheseborough Steve

Titolo

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