(FB2) In Search of the Blues

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In Search of the Blues
by Marybeth Hamilton

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• Format: hardcover, 320 pages
• Release date: January 29, 2008
• Author: Marybeth Hamilton
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Language: english
• ISBN: 9780465028580 (0465028586)
• Genres: music, cultural, history

About The Book

Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight.

In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the Delta blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates that the story as we know it is largely a myth. The idea of something called Delta blues only emerged in the mid-twentieth century, the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with the exotic mysteries of black music.

Hamilton shows that the Delta blues was effectively invented by white pilgrims, seekers, and propagandists who headed deep into America’s south in search of an authentic black voice of rage and redemption. In their quest, and in the immense popularity of the music they championed, we confront America’s ongoing love affair with racial difference.

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