Title:
Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi masters who revolutionized American music / Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe.
ISBN:
9780393062588
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
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.
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.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn212893669
Availability:
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