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

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

Elijah Wald

368 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative slow-paced
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Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant but obscure musician come to be hailed long afte...

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