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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago’s South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation. Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues an
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- Author
- Robert Palmer
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140062236
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Soul & R 'N B
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (1,415 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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