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Robert Johnson

Title
Robert Johnson, by Samuel Charters. With photos of Robert Johnson's Mississippi delta country by the author.
Author
Charters, Samuel, 1929-2015.
Publication
New York, Oak Publications, c1973.

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Additional Authors
Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938.
Description
87 p. illus.; 26 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "The story of Robert Johnson, his elusive life, and his music; Remembrances by great musicians who knew and played with him, along with music transcriptions of his entire recorded repertoire of blues classics."
  • The transcriptions: melodies with chord symbols.
  • Place and date of recordings, matrix nos., and serial nos. of issues given for each song.
Contents
Kindhearted woman blues -- I'll believe I'll dust my broom -- Sweet home Chicago -- Ramblin' on my mind -- When you got a good friend -- Come on in my kitchen -- Terraplane blues -- Phonograph blues -- 32-20 blues -- They're red hot -- Dead shrimp blues -- Crossroad blues -- Walkin' blues -- Last fair deal gone down -- Preachin' blues -- If I had possession over Judgement Day -- Stones in my passway -- I'm a steady rollin' man -- From four until late -- Hell hound on my trail -- Little queen of spades -- Malted milk -- Drunken-hearted man -- Me and the devil blues -- Stop breakin' down blues -- Traveling riverside blues -- Honeymoon blues -- Love in vain -- Milkcow's calf blues.
Call Number
JNF 75-128
ISBN
0825600596
LCCN
72097852
OCLC
  • 797676
  • NYPG754569877-B
Author
Charters, Samuel, 1929-2015.
Title
Robert Johnson, by Samuel Charters. With photos of Robert Johnson's Mississippi delta country by the author.
Imprint
New York, Oak Publications, c1973.
Added Author
Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938.
Research Call Number
JNF 75-128
Sc F 00-10
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