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Blues traveling : the holy sites of Delta blues
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"This acclaimed travel guide, hailed as the bible of blues travelers throughout the world, will shepherd the faithful to such shrines as the intersection where Robert Johnson might have made his de...
"This acclaimed travel guide, hailed as the bible of blues travelers throughout the world, will shepherd the faithful to such shrines as the intersection where Robert Johnson might have made his deal with the devil and the railroad tracks that inspired Howlin' Wolf to moan 'Smokestack Lightnin.' Blues Traveling was the first and is the indisputably essential guidebook to Mississippi's musical places and its blues history."--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Steve Cheseborough
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Fourth edition
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
- Physical Details
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- xii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781496813008, 1496813006, 9781496819024, 9781496819031, 9781496819048, 9781496819055
- OCLC
- on1033547768
- "All photographs by Steve Cheseborough."
- "This fourth edition of 'Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues' is generously supported by the Bookfriends of the University Press of Mississippi."
- "'Annie Mae's Cat' written by George Jackson and Larry Addison. ℗ 1986 Malaco Music Co. Used by permission. International copyright secured."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Looking for the blues -- Memphis -- Down Highway 61 -- The Clarksdale area -- The Mid-Delta -- The Greenwood area -- Greenville to Vicksburg -- The Jackson area -- East Mississippi -- North Mississippi hill country
Subjects
- Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
- Blues musicians -- Homes and haunts -- Guidebooks.
- Musical landmarks -- Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
- Musical landmarks -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Guidebooks.
- Musical landmarks -- Arkansas -- Helena -- Guidebooks.
- Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
- Memphis (Tenn.) -- Guidebooks.
- Helena (Ark.) -- Guidebooks.