Delta blues
Subtitle: the life and times of the Mississippi Masters who revolutionized American music
By: Ted Gioia ; artwork by Neil Harpe
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9780393337501
Subjects: Blues (Music); History and criticism
Description: Analyzes the influence of Mississippi Delta music, tracing its rise from the plantation songs of the nineteenth century through the achievements of modern performers.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. [417]-422), and index.
Table of contents: title: The blues and the old kingdoms; title: Where the southern cross the dog; title: Dockery's plantation; title: Parchman prison; title: Hard time killin' floor; title: Hellhound on my trail; title: I'm a rolling stone; title: Hooker's boogie; title: Smokestack lightnin'; title: Riding with the King; title: The blues revival.