The land where the blues began
by Lomax, Alan, Blackwell, Willie, Askew, Alec, Brown, Willie
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Type: Book
A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and '40s, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to…