HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060524235 9780060524234 [US]

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First edition/first printing. Square spine, clean crisp pages, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket has no rips or creases. Not a remainder. Date: 2004. Amistad ISBN 0060524235 9780060524234 [US]

Amistad Pr, Date: 2004. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 368 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. 2004. Amistad Pr ISBN 0060524235 9780060524234 [GB]

New York:: Amistad,, Date: 2004.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. In this combination history of blues music and biography of Robert Johnson, Wald, a blues musician himself, explores Johnson's rise from a little known guitarist who died in 1938 to one of the most influential artists in rock and roll. From the blues' meager beginning in the early 1900s to its '30s heyday and its 1960s revival, Wald gives a revisionist history of the music, which he feels, in many instances, has been mislabeled and misjudged. Though his writing sometimes reads like a textbook, and he occasionally gets bogged down in arcane musical references, Wald's academic precision aids him in his quest to re-analyze America's perception of the blues as well as in trying to decipher the music's murky true origins and history. Using a lengthy comparison of how white Americans and black Americans define the blues, Wald demonstrates how Johnson fit into the gray area between the two. Wald combines a short bio of Johnson with detailed analysis of his songs and the mysterious tales that are associated with him, giving a thorough account of Johnson's life, music and legend. The chapter on how white guitarists like Eric Clapton and Keith Richards interpreted who Johnson was and what he played really shows why he is not one of the many forgotten early 20th-century bluesmen. Wald's theories will no doubt cause passionate discussions among true blues aficionados, but the ...

Amistad. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition with a full number line starting with 1. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Date: 2004. 2004. Amistad ISBN 0060524235 9780060524234 [US]