Delta blues : the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music
(2008)
By:
Gioia, Ted
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
781.643/GIOIA,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton, [2008]
©2008
©2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780393062588 (hardcover), 0393062589 (hardcover), 0393062589 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The blues and the old kingdoms -- Where the southern cross the dog -- Dockery's plantation -- Parchman prison -- Hard time killin' floor -- Hellhound on my trail -- I'm a rolling stone -- Hooker's boogie -- Smokestack lightnin' -- Riding with the King -- The blues revival
The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta--from legendary greats Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others--changed the course of American popular music