Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140062238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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A review on the book, not the DVD. Robert Palmer's book "Deep Blues" is nothing short of an anthropological journey to find the genesis of the blues. He does an excellent job of highlighting the various early popular bluesmen, men such as Tommy Johnson, Charlie Patton, and Robert Johnson. He details life working on the plantations of the deep south, life on a Saturday night living it up in the various juke joints of the south, and the personal lives of early blues singers which led to the creation of the blues, and by extension, American music as we have come to know it.The book begins by going back to the western coast of Africa, where the slave trading oc. A Must Read For Any Blues/R&R/Jazz Music Enthusiast Getting ready for a trip to Mississippi, this book was an EXCEPTIONAL preparation for that trip. If you love blues/rock & roll/Jazz, you have to read this book.. Definitive History of Blues Maggie This has to be THE DEFINITIVE blues history! What a treasure of priceless interviews and critique by an astonishing writer.
B. "A lucid entrancing study" -- Greil Marcus "Palmer has a powerful understanding of the music and an intense involvement in the culture." -- The Nation. Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. King, and many others. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago’s South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation. Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B