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Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by: Gioia, Ted, Illust. by: Harpe, NeilHardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 449 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography and illustrations throughout. Remainder dot present on the bottom edge. This book combines extensive fieldwork, archival research, interviews with living musicians, and first-person accounts with Gioia's own calm, argument-closing incantations to draw a line through a century of Delta blues. This engrossing narrative is flavored with insightful and vivid musical descriptions that ensure an understanding of not only the musicians, but the music itself. Clean copy. Record # 33777
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