Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald

Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

Elijah Wald

368 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative slow-paced
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The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core blac...

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