Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues

Folks in the Delta say that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil so that he could become king of Delta blues. This book not only tells you at which crossroads that legendary deal was supposedly made, but also guides you to many other hallowed sites that nourished Mississippi's signature music. Johnson, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Mississippi John Hurt, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Bobby Rush, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside--the list of top blues artists with Mississippi connections goes on and on. With this book in hand, you can see the juke joints and churches, visit the birthplaces and graves of blues greats, walk down the dusty roads and over the levee, eat some barbecue and greens, sit on the bank of the Mississippi River, and hear some down-home music. This book is the first and only guidelook to these places and their blues history. With photographs, maps, easy-to-follow directions, and an informative, entertaining text, it will lead you in and out of Clarksdale, Greenwood, Helena (Arkansas), Rolling Fork, Jackson, Memphis, Natchez, Bentonia, Rosedale, Itta Bena, and dozens of other locales that generations of blues musicians have lived in, traveled through, and sung about.