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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

Gioia, Ted

Paperback

Blues & SoulMusic Reference

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 0393337502
ISBN13: 9780393337501
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Nov 1 2009
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.16
Language: English
In this expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century plantations to Muddy Waters and B.B. King, Delta Blues delves into the uneasy mix of race and money at the point where traditional music became commercial and bluesmen found new audiences of thousands. Combining extensive fieldwork, archival research, interviews with living musicians, and first-person accounts with his own calm, argument-closing incantations to draw a line through a century of Delta blues (New York Times), this engrossing narrative is flavored with insightful and vivid musical descriptions that ensure an understanding of not only the musicians, but the music itself (Boston Sunday Globe). Rooted in the thick-as-tar Delta soil, Delta Blues is already a contemporary classic in its field (Jazz Review).

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