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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

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817850803321

Autore

Berry Raymond

Titolo

All the moves I had : a football life / / Raymond Berry with Wayne Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-1780-2

1-4930-1781-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

796.332092

Soggetti

Football players - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

All the Moves I Had is the memoir of Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry, a true giant of the game. Berry's football career spanned four decades, from his days as a star wide receiver for the legendary Baltimore Colts of the 1950s and 1960s, to his historic role in "The Greatest Game Ever Played," to his tenures as coach for the Dallas Cowboys and head coach of the New England Patriots, a team he took to the Super Bowl. He is the eighth oldest living player enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, twelfth oldest if you include coaches and owners. He writes about how he revolutionized t