The land where blues began / Alan Lomax.
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TextPublication details: New York : The New Press, 1993Description: 539 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1565847393Subject(s): Blues (Music)DDC classification: 781.64309762 Summary: The author tells how the Mississippi Delta in the US was 'the land where blues began'. He explains the sociological and historical roots of the blues and the blues player, and also examines the contributions of several performing artists in the genre. Most of the many photographs of artists and ordinary black people of the Mississippi in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, are taken by the author.
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Includes bibliography (p.509-514), discography, filmography and index.
The author tells how the Mississippi Delta in the US was 'the land where blues began'. He explains the sociological and historical roots of the blues and the blues player, and also examines the contributions of several performing artists in the genre. Most of the many photographs of artists and ordinary black people of the Mississippi in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, are taken by the author.
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