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Blues traveling : the holy sites of Delta blues

Steve Cheseborough (Author)
At 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 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. Burnsi
eBook, English, ©2009
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, ©2009
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations
9781604733280, 9781282486010, 9786612485787, 9786612486012, 1604733284, 1282486012, 6612485787, 6612486015
317402905
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Looking for the Blues; Chapter 2: Memphis; Chapter 3: Down Highway 61; Chapter 4: The Clarksdale Area; Chapter 5: The Mid-Delta; Chapter 6: The Greenwood Area; Chapter 7: Greenville to Vicksburg; Chapter 8: The Jackson Area; Chapter 9: East Mississippi; Chapter 10: North Mississippi Hill Country; Recommended Reading; Recommended Listening; Index
English