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Robert Johnson Escaping the Delta

12/3/2018

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This week, Nate is joined by author Elijah Wald for a discussion of his book “Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues”

In this episode, Elijah explains his ground-breaking revisionist history of the blues, why Robert Johnson was virtually ignored by blues fans of his own era and how he emerged as a legend in the 1960's and beyond. 

Related: Elijah Wald on “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll”.

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Rod Stroud link
5/1/2020 02:47:04 am

Enjoyed the interview with Elijah Wald very much and ordered his book on Robert Johnson from Amazon (the Australian version). I have been listening to quite a few interviews with other authors but I already have the books. I will listen to many more. I have listened to the discussions with Ed Ward on his two vols of the History of Popular Music (which I have). Keep up the good work !

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Nate Wilcox
5/3/2020 03:22:44 pm

Thanks for listening and supporting our guests!

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