Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Third Edition
by Steve Cheseborough
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Author: Steve CheseboroughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-10
ISBN: 1604731249
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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- ISBN13: 9781604731248
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Third Edition
Book Review: This & Google maps is all you need
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got back from my 10-day trip to the Delta which culminated in the Sunflower River Blues Festival. I did months of research on Google and through reading books. I created my own google map with many of the places that I was going to go mapped out. I then got this book, and ended up using this almost exclusively for the entire trip. Not because of a lack of spots on my map (it had more than in the book), but because for all of the spots that I could realistically get to, this book already had them all.
There are some areas that could use better directions. To give you an idea, a made up example: "Heading west on main street, go to the second light and make a left on Elm" - well what happens if I am starting out on some different part of main street? We found in all our stops, only a few were like this, and they seemed like the first sentence or two might have been left out of the directions. Weird.
Despite this, this is still an invaluable book, and none of the others like it can touch it. With this and google maps/GPS on my iphone, that was all I needed to get everywhere and see everything that I was able to given the time constraints. The book gives great background information on all of the areas that you'd be interested in, as well as the sites. Steve has done the research for you. No need to search the web for months and gather information. It's all here.
A couple of sites are missing, but you still aren't going to find a better book on the subject. Just remember to go to 305 S. State St in Clarksdale for Hot Tamales at Hicks. They are the best anywhere, and while Hicks Superette is mentioned in the book, the Hicks on S. State Street is not. Also no mention really of the cemetary in Haqzlehurst where Ike Zimmerman and likely Robert Johnson practiced guitar late at night, nor any of the possible crossroads locations other than the commercial and incorrect 49 & 61 intersection.
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