Escaping the Delta Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

Name: Escaping the Delta Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
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ISBN: 9780060524272

ISBN-10: 0060524278

ISBN-13: 9780060524272

Edition: 2004

Authors: Elijah Wald

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Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/14/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Elijah Wald is a musician who teaches blues history at UCLA. His books include How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll, Global Minstrels, and Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The World that Johnson Knew



What is Blues?



Race Records: Blues Queens, Crooners, Street Singers, and Hokum



What the Records Missed



Hollers, Moans, and "Deep Blues"



The Mississippi Delta: Life and Listening



Robert Johnson



A Life Remembered



The Music



First Sessions, Part one: Going for some Hits



First Sessions, Part Two: Reaching Back



Second Sessions: The Professional



The Legacy



The Blues Roll on



Jump Shouters, Smooth Trios, and Down-Home Soul



The Blues Cult: Primitive Folk Art and the Roots of Rock



Farther on up the Road: Wherefore and Whither the Blues


Afterthought: So What About the Devil?


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index