Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of Devil Got My Woman, I'm So Glad, and 22-20 Blues are…
The land where the blues began
by Lomax, Alan, Blackwell, Willie, Askew, Alec, Brown, Willie
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…
"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 t…
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…
In "the land where the blues began"--Mississippi -- musicologist Lomax pieces together stories and customs surrounding the folk music. His basic premise becomes that the Delta culture and its music originated from the reaction of a powerful African tradition to a harsh environme…
In 'The Land Where the Blues Began', Lomax surveys the landscape of the blues, introduces some of the music's greatest artists, & reveals a little bit more of the soul of American black music: its history, its poetry & its connections to African culture.
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…
This collection of essays and poems about the influence of jazz on writing and culture in this country, an expanded edition of the 1986 publication, is a rewarding volume for all those entranced by jazz. Carruth brings his considerable poetic and literary sensibilities to bear o…