| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Looking for the Blues; Chapter 2: Memphis; Chapter 3: Down Highway 61; Chapter 4: The Clarksdale Area; Chapter 5: The Mid-Delta; Chapter 6: The Greenwood Area; Chapter 7: Greenville to Vicksburg; Chapter 8: The Jackson Area; Chapter 9: East Mississippi; Chapter 10: North Mississippi Hill Country; Recommended Reading; Recommended Listening; Index. |
| Summary |
At a crossroads in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the Devil so that he could become a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues will tell you where that legendary deal was supposed to have been made and guide you to all the other hallowed grounds that nourished Mississippi's signature music. Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Bobby Rush, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnsi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Blues (Music) |
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Blues musicians -- Homes and haunts -- Guidebooks.
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Blues musicians. |
| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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| Subject |
Musical landmarks -- Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
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Musical landmarks. |
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Mississippi. |
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Musical landmarks -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Guidebooks.
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Tennessee -- Memphis. |
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Musical landmarks -- Arkansas -- Helena -- Guidebooks.
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Arkansas -- Helena. |
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Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Guidebooks.
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Helena (Ark.) -- Guidebooks.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Blues. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Soul & R 'n B. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Guidebooks.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cheseborough, Steve. Blues traveling. 3rd ed. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009 9781604731248 1604731249 (DLC) 2008023225 (OCoLC)227031650 |
| ISBN |
9781604733280 (electronic book) |
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1604733284 (electronic book) |
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1282486012 |
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9781282486010 |
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9786612485787 |
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6612485787 |
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9786612486012 |
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6612486015 |
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1604731249 |
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9781604731248 |
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