Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music Free Audiobook Download by Ted Gioia

Delta Blues is a biography of the bluesmen who first paved the way for modern jazz and rock ’n’ roll. As master musician, songwriter, and record producer Robert Johnson became famous in the 1920s for his extraordinary ability to borrow and transform strains of African American music, he embodied the mythic figure of the bluesman. Delta Blues provides an inside look at Johnson’s life from his impoverished childhood on a dirt farm outside of Clarksdale to his tragic life and death.

Delta Blues is a detailed biography of the legendary Mississippi Delta Blues Masters, from the early days of slavery through the height of their influence in the 1920s.

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by Ted Gioia is a biography based on the life of Robert Johnson. It highlights his early life and how he became one of the most influential musicians in America, as well as giving insight into how he lived. The book spends a lot of time discussing his serendipitous meeting with Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), which would lead to him becoming a member of the famous "Memphis Jug Band".

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music is a riveting biography of three influential musical pioneers, focusing on the careers of Robert Johnson, Son House, and Skip James. This audiobook is an informative and captivating look into this era in American music which gave birth to some of the most legendary musicians around today.

The Delta blues which "Made Up" the Blues 2,000 miles North of Memphis, Tennessee was a musical revolution in American music. It was the last major flowering of the Mississippi blues that began 100 years earlier with the first recorded African-American song.

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music is about the life of their leader, Charlie Patton. It tells the story of how a young African-American man from Mississippi found his way to Chicago and then New Orleans in search of success. Stephan Gioia describes how he conducted research for this book, which is made possible because there are many surviving accounts about Patton's life.