Hand me my travelin' shoes [[electronic resource] ] : in search of Blind Willie McTell / / Michael Gray
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Gray Michael <1946->
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| Titolo: |
Hand me my travelin' shoes [[electronic resource] ] : in search of Blind Willie McTell / / Michael Gray
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.421643092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Blues musicians - United States |
| Blind musicians - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Family Tree; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen; Fourteen; Fifteen; Sixteen; Seventeen; Eighteen; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Copyright Acknowledgments; Thanks; Index; A Note on the Author; A Note on the Type |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Evoking the turbulent past of the subject's time and place, this odyssey to rural Georgia peels back the many layers of Blind Willie McTell's compelling, occasionally shocking, but ultimately uplifting story. Portraying him as one of the most gifted artists of his generation, this account uncovers the secrets of McTell's ancestry, the hardships he suffered?including being blind from birth?and the successes he enjoyed. Traveling throughout the South and beyond, this personal and moving journey unearths a lost world of black music, exploring why he drifted in and out of the p |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hand me my travelin' shoes |
| ISBN: | 1-56976-335-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454769603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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