Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues
ISBN-10:
1578062322
ISBN-13:
9781578062324
Author(s): Steve Cheseborough
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Released: Jan 01, 2001
Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd)
Format: Paperback, 235 pages
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Description:
At a crossroad in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for becoming a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Travelling 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. Robert 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 Kimborough; R. L. Burnside; and many more; A trip through the Mississippi blues sites is a pilgrimage every blues fan will want to make - real, or armchair.
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