Book 1996

History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People

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Publisher: Hyperion
Language: English
Published: 1996

Music
Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B
Genres & Styles - Blues
History & Criticism - General
Blues (Music)
History and criticism

Such past tenants as Ike Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, and John Lee Hooker notwithstanding, the gentleman in question was probably the most illustrious ever to bed down at the Riverside Hotel, across from the public elementary school on Sunflower Avenue, in Clarksdale, Mississippi.