Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers"
by Peter Guralnick
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Explores the life and legend of blues singer Robert Johnson, whose music influenced Muddy Waters and an entire generation of rock 'n' roll artists.Tags
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Peter Guralnick's books include the prizewinning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley. Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love: Sweet Soul Music; Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke; and Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll. He won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the harlem Square Club, wrote and coproduced the show more documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll, and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home. show less
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- Canonical title
- Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers"
- Original publication date
- 1989
- People/Characters
- Robert Johnson (bluesman)
- Important places
- Mississippi, USA
Classifications
- Genres
- Music, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 782.421643092 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal Music, Singing Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Western popular songs Blues History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
- LCC
- ML420 .J735 .G8 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- Languages
- English, Finnish, French, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 3
