Delta Blues

The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

By: Ted Gioia

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Paperback | 8 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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From the field hollers and ring shouts of the 19th-century plantations to the electrified exploits of Delta expats John Lee Hooker and B. B. King, Delta Blues-'destined to be viewed as a classic of blues scholarship' (Blues Revue)-traces the rough stories of the music of the Mississippi Delta, raw and ragged as the singers themselves. Rooting himself in the thick-as-tar Delta soil, Gioia follows the plaintive wails of battered guitars across cotton fields and prison farms as the music raced through the Delta and beyond: from Vicksburg to Memphis, Chicago to New York, captured in vinyl and released on radios across America. With original research and keen insight, Ted Gioia-author of West Coast Jazz and critically-acclaimed The History of Jazz-provides 'a fascinating excavation of Delta Blues history' (Living Blues), evoking the legendary figures who shaped its sound and ethos: Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and others. No other cultural force boasts such humble origins or such world-changing reverberations. In this evocative rags-to-riches tale, told 'with skill and conviction' (The Atlantic Monthly), Gioia shows how the humble sounds of the Delta altered forever the course of popular music.

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"...the passionate blues singing of Mississippi's steamy cotton fields ultimately gave rise to rock'n'roll. Ted Gioia expertly traces its colourful history and heroes." Books of the Year 2008, The Economist "[A] rich and illuminating study... Gioia, who has researched thoroughly and listened carefully, does a splendid job of telling the story on a broad canvas..." Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph "Gioia's depth of research is breathtaking...The author's sheer passion for the music comes through on every page, and you can almost hear those old shellac 78s as you read his descriptions." thebookbag.co.uk "He uses original research, interviews with reliable sources and his own calm, argument-closing incantations to draw a line through a century of the Delta blues." International Herald Tribune "Gioia's intermittently brilliant and always compelling investigation of the blues is marked with a musician's ear for the form and a fan's enthusiasm for both the recordings and the artists." The Herald

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Music Music Styles & Genres Blues

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	p. ix
the blues and the old kingdoms	p. 1
where the southern cross the dog	p. 19
dockery’s plantation	p. 45
parthman prison	p. 77
hard time killin’ floor	p. 111
hellhound on my trail	p. 149
I’m a rolling stone	p. 191
hooker’s boogie	p. 233
smokestack lightnin’	p. 273
riding with the king	p. 309
the blues revival	p. 347
notes	p. 401
recommended listening	p. 417
for further reading	p. 413
Index	p. 427
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