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The Land Where the Blues Began

Alan Lomax

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The Land Where the Blues Began

A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and '40s, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to such greats as Leadbelly, Fred MacDowell, Muddy Waters, and many others, all of whom made their debut recordings with him. The Land Where the Blues Began is Lomax's account of his journey through America's musical heartland. Through candid conversations with bluesmen and vivid, firsthand accounts of the landscape where their music was born, Lomax captures the irrepressible energy of soul of people who changed American musical history.

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Publisher
New Press
Year
2002
ISBN-13
9780413678508
Genre
History
Topics
Blues music historyMississippi Delta cultureFolk music preservation

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