Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta

Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta

Palmer, Robert

Paperback

Blues & SoulMusic Reference

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0140062238
ISBN13: 9780140062236
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Jul 29 1982
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.05 Depth: 7.75
Language: English
Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation. Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B. B. King, and many others.

A lucid . . . entrancing study -- Greil Marcus

Palmer has a powerful understanding of the music and an intense involvement in the culture. -- The Nation

Also in

Blues & Soul

View All