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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Matyas, Josephine, author.
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Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
Musical landmarks -- Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
Blues musicians -- Homes and haunts -- Guidebooks.
Musical landmarks -- United States -- Guidebooks.
Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
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Chasing the blues : ...
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Chasing the blues : a traveler's guide to America's music / Josephine Matyas and Craig Jones.
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Matyas, Josephine, author.
Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2021]
Subjects
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
Musical landmarks -- Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
Blues musicians -- Homes and haunts -- Guidebooks.
Musical landmarks -- United States -- Guidebooks.
Mississippi -- Guidebooks.
ISBN:
9781493060603 (paperback) :
1493060600 (paperback) :
Description:
xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
The Roots of American Popular Music -- Land, River, Cotton, and People : The History and Centrality of the Blues -- The Upper Mississippi Delta -- The Lower Mississippi Delta -- Mississippi Outside the Delta -- The Blues Beyond Mississippi -- The Blues Pioneers and a Guide to Instruments -- How Britain Threw a Lifeline to the Blues.
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"A fusion of history, culture, and song in a practical travel guide for music lovers who want to understand more of what helped shape what they are seeing, hearing, and experiencing as they tour the cradle of the blues in Mississippi and beyond. By appreciating the roots of this most American style of music, readers will have a richer experience listening to songs and visiting blues' holy and sacred sites"--
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
781.64309 Ma
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Kailua-Kona Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
781.64309 Ma
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