Research Catalog

Title

Blues traveling : the holy sites of Delta blues / Steve Cheseborough.

Author

Cheseborough, Steve.

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Description

xii, 276 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Hailed as the Bible of blues travelers throughout the world, Blues Traveling will shepherd the faithful to such shrines as the intersection where Robert Johnson might have made his deal with the devil and the railroad tracks that inspired Howlin' Wolf to moan "Smokestack Lightnin'." Blues Traveling was the first and is the indisputably essential guidebook to Mississippi's musical places and its blues history. For this new edition Steve Cheseborough returned to the Delta, revisited all of the locales featured in previous editions of the book, and uncovered fresh destinations. He includes updated material on new festivals, the newly dedicated state blues markers, club openings and closings, and many other transformations in the Delta's ever-lively blues scene."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Blues (Music) > History and criticism
• Blues musicians > Homes and haunts > Guidebooks
• Musical landmarks > Mississippi > Guidebooks
• Musical landmarks > Memphis > Guidebooks
• Musical landmarks > Helena > Guidebooks
• Mississippi > Guidebooks
• Memphis (Tenn.) > Guidebooks
• Helena (Ark.) > Guidebooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Looking for the Blues -- Blues Traveling through History -- State Blues Markers -- Planning Your Blues Tour -- Guidelines for Good Times -- Ch. 2. Memphis -- Beale Street -- Away from Beale Street -- Ch. 3. Down Highway 61 -- Highway 61 -- Old Highway 61 -- Walls -- Robinsonville -- Tunica -- Lula -- Friar's Point -- Helena, Ark -- Ch. 4. The Clarksdale Area -- Clarksdale -- Stovall -- Farrell -- Lambert -- Ch. 5. The Mid-Delta -- Tutwiler -- Parchman -- Shelby -- Mound Bayou -- Merigold -- Cleveland -- Rosedale -- Beulah -- Dockery -- Boyle -- Drew -- Ruleville -- Glendora -- Ch. 6. The Greenwood Area -- Greenwood -- North of Greenwood -- Avalon -- Valley -- Carrollton -- Duck Hall -- Itta Bena -- Blue Lake -- Quito -- Morgan City -- Moorhead -- Ch. 7. Greenville to Vicksburg -- Greenville -- Metcalfe -- Leland -- Bourbon -- Holly Ridge -- Indianola -- Belzoni -- Hollandale -- Murphy -- Panther Burn -- Rolling Fork -- Vicksburg -- Ch. 8. The Jackson Area -- Jackson -- Ebenezer -- Bentonia -- Yazoo City -- Crystal Springs -- Hazlehurst -- Renfroe Valley -- Varnado, La -- Port Gibson -- Natchez -- Ch. 9. East Mississippi -- Meridian -- Crawford -- West Point -- Whites (White Station) -- Aberdeen -- Tupelo -- Ch. 10. North Mississippi Hill Country -- Oxford -- Water Valley -- Abbeville -- Holly Springs -- Chulahoma -- Hudsonville -- Como -- Senatobia -- Harmontown -- Gravel Springs -- Sardis -- Hernando-Nesbit.

ISBN

• 9781604731248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1604731249 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008023225
• 99932999319

OCLC

• 227031650
• ocn227031650
• SCSB-9093598

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries