Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Third EditionAt 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, Third Edition 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. Burnside-the list of great artists with Mississippi connections goes on and on. A trip through Mississippi blues sites is a pilgrimage every music lover ought to make at least once in a lifetime, to see the juke joints and churches, to visit the birthplaces and graves of blues greats, to walk down the dusty roads and over the levee, to eat some barbecue and greens, to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River, and to hear some down-home blues music. Blues Traveling is the first and only guidebook to Mississippi's musical places and blues history. With photographs, maps, easy-to-follow directions, and an informative, entertaining text, this book will lead you in and out of Clarksdale, Greenwood, Helena (Arkansas), Rolling Fork, Jackson, Natchez, Bentonia, Rosedale, Itta Bena, and dozens of other locales that generations of blues musicians have lived in, traveled through, and sung about. Stories, legends, and lyrics are woven into the text so that each backroad and barroom comes alive. Touring Mississippi with Blues Traveling is like having a knowledgeable and entertaining guide at your side. Even people with no immediate plans to visit Mississippi will enjoy reading the book for its photos, descriptions, and lore that will broaden their understanding and enhance their appreciation of the blues. |
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... town to have a good time. But the cotton harvester and the casinos ruined business.” The mechanized cotton harvester took away the sharecroppers' work, sending most of them up North for factory jobs. And, more recently, the casinos took ...
... town to have a good time. But the cotton harvester and the casinos ruined business.” The mechanized cotton harvester took away the sharecroppers' work, sending most of them up North for factory jobs. And, more recently, the casinos took ...
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... town and they all used to be full,” Holmes says. “Then the interstate came through and people moved to the city. And on the farms, the two-row machinery got upgraded to eight-row. That put people out of work. The jook joint and the ...
... town and they all used to be full,” Holmes says. “Then the interstate came through and people moved to the city. And on the farms, the two-row machinery got upgraded to eight-row. That put people out of work. The jook joint and the ...
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... town's blues history sometimes augment the local crowd. Holmes doesn't sit around wondering if the blues is still alive. He just gets out his guitar and plays, after making sure everybody has a beer. Blues Traveling through History ...
... town's blues history sometimes augment the local crowd. Holmes doesn't sit around wondering if the blues is still alive. He just gets out his guitar and plays, after making sure everybody has a beer. Blues Traveling through History ...
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... towns were alive with people. The crowds and the money attracted musicians (many Delta blues artists were actually born ... town a unique blues “school.” Jimmie Rodgers, the white singing brakeman whose yodeling versions of black blues ...
... towns were alive with people. The crowds and the money attracted musicians (many Delta blues artists were actually born ... town a unique blues “school.” Jimmie Rodgers, the white singing brakeman whose yodeling versions of black blues ...
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... town, and have less preaching than church services. Still, the idea is to glorify the Lord, not just to dig on the music, so, again, dress and act respectfully. Look for posters advertising these concerts, ask at churches or record ...
... town, and have less preaching than church services. Still, the idea is to glorify the Lord, not just to dig on the music, so, again, dress and act respectfully. Look for posters advertising these concerts, ask at churches or record ...
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