Blues traveling : the holy sites of Delta blues / Steve Cheseborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheseborough, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Blues (Music).

Blues musicians--Homes and haunts--Guidebooks.

Blues musicians.

Musical landmarks--Mississippi--Guidebooks.

Musical landmarks.

Musical landmarks--Tennessee--Memphis--Guidebooks.

Musical landmarks--Arkansas--Helena--Guidebooks.

Mississippi--Guidebooks.

Mississippi.

Memphis (Tenn.)--Guidebooks.

Memphis (Tenn.).

Helena (Ark.)--Guidebooks.

Helena (Ark.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48601-2

9786612485787

9786612486012

1-60473-328-4

OCLC:

317402905