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Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music
- Title
- Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music / Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe.
- Author
- Gioia, Ted.
- Publication
- New York : W. W. Norton, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 449 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-426) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-1650
- ISBN
- 9780393062588 (hardcover)
- 0393062589 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2008009412
- OCLC
- 212893669
- Author
- Gioia, Ted.
- Title
- Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music / Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe.
- Imprint
- New York : W. W. Norton, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-426) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-1650JNE 09-1