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Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey

text Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey

Summary
When blues master Robert Johnson's little-known recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. McCormick searched to uncove... Read more
Contents

Editor's preface / John W. Troutman -- Introduction -- The town -- The search -- The map -- Back to the Delta -- Copiah County -- Other Johnsons -- Mississippi 304 -- Leatherman -- Listening and remembering -- Hindsight -- Greenwood -- Afterword / John W. Troutman.

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xxx, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
Smithsonian Books 2023

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 JOHNSON, ROBERT MCC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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