The Gutbucket Quest: A Fantasy of Black Magic and Delta Blues (original 2000; edition 2001)

by Piers Anthony (Author), Ron Leming (Author), Tristan Elwell (Cover artist)

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Title:	The Gutbucket Quest: A Fantasy of Black Magic and Delta Blues
Authors:	Piers Anthony (Author)
Other authors:	Ron Leming (Author), Tristan Elwell (Cover artist)
Info:	New York : TOR. 2001, c2000. 18 cm. ; 310 p.
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Tags:	fantasy, adult, alternate worlds, music, love, relationships, friends, guitars, blues, theft, quest, from Bookmooch, small paperback

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According to the Author Notes, Anthony lent his name to this one to help a down and out author. I'm not sure I buy that. The tone is too much like Anthony's. This book feels like a grown-up Xanth novel. There aren't as many puns, but then the book is written for an older audience and the "mature content" doesn't have to be disguised.

I enjoyed the story and liked the "matter of factness" of the magic. There's no real explanation - it just IS. And, since my husband plays blues guitar (among other styles), I really enjoyed all the musical references. But, no musical knowledge is needed to understand or enjoy this story. (

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dulcibelle | Jan 5, 2009 |

While I was reading this I couldn't help but think that Piers Anthony must have had Jack Black in mind for the lead character. Same body shape, same scruffiness, same passion for power riffs. Is it possible he was thinking of turning this into a movie?

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Leming, Ron	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Slim's a Texas bluesman of a certain age, down on his luck, and just about broke--but hey, that's what the blues are all about. Then, one day, in a single hot burst of lightning that comes straight up out of the ground, Slim finds himself in Tejas. Not Texas, but somewhere else. It's a little bit magic and a whole lot different, but the blues are the same.

And the blues--manifest here in the form of a maple-necked pearl-gray Fender Stratocaster with blue-chrome pickups a.k.a. The Gutbucket--needs him and needs him bad. The Strat's fallen into the hands of T-Bone Pickens and his Vipers, who want to suck up all its power and turn it to evil.

Slim's off and running on the Gutbucket Quest, with the help of his new mentor, rhythm guitarist Progress T. Hornsby, and a purely unstoppable blues singer named Nadine.

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