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EMI blues seriesMcCormick, Mack
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 uncover Johnson's life story, from the late 1960s until his own death in 2015. Here McCormick's manuscript is published for the first time, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, ROBERT MCCHopkins, Lightnin'
Contents: Disc 1. Katie May / Lightnin' Hopkins (3:00) -- Feel so bad / Lightnin' Hopkins (2:05) -- Blues (that mean old twister) / Lightnin' Hopkins, Mack McCormick (3:09) -- I can't stay here in your town / Lightnin' Hopkins (2:46) -- Can't do like you used to / Thunder Smith (2:35) -- West coast blues / Thunder Smith (2:40) -- Short haired woman / Lightnin' Hopkins (2:25) -- L.A. blues / Wilson Smith...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records USA 1991