Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition by Adam Gussow

Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition

Adam Gussow

416 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

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The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake (the devil's music), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert...

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