Elijah Wald
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Elijah Wald
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction
In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture. It is not an easy thing to pin down.
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Elijah Wald
Escaping the Delta
This close-up look at the life and music of Robert Johnson and his contributions to the evolution of blues music describes his obscurity during his own life, his innovative influence on American popular music, and how the history of blues music was shaped and transformed by white fans with different tastes and standards.
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Josh White
Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early '30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s.
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