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Deep Blues [Paperback]

Robert Palmer
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  • Paperback: 318 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (9 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140062238
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140062236
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
I write this from the perspective of someone who lives as far away from the Mississippi delta as you can get - I was born, brought up and live in India. I listened to The Beatles and everything that went after, for years, and thought the blues was boring guitar exhibitionism!

I happened across Robert Palmer's book at the local American Center library and to invoke a hoary old cliche - my life was not the same again. It was briliiant, powerful and very revealing.

Today, as I listen to the Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson, or the early Muddy Waters, I have Mr. Palmer to thank for showing me the Majesty of the Blues.

Thank you!!

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Format:Paperback
Robert Palmer wrote the most colorful stories on the blues I have ever read. The way he describes the way Ike Turner "accidently" discovers distortion/fuzz by having his amps fall off of the top of his station wagon as he is racing across state lines (narrowly outrunning the local law enforcement) in order to catch the last ferry crossing the Mississippi to make it to a second gig, wow! I would have loved to have knocked back a few tall cool ones with this guy!
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Format:Paperback
From the steamy cotton fields of Mississippi, to the mean
streets of Chicago and beyond, the history of the blues
mirrors that of African American society in the 20th century.
Respected music writer, historian, and record producer
Robert Palmer traces the history of the music that begat
every other form of American popular music in rich detail,
blending first-hand accounts, interviews, and historical
narrative into a seamless, eminently readable and enjoyable
historical work of great importance. This book should be
required reading for highschool history students, fans of
popular music, and anyone who enjoys engrossing and
entertaining non-fiction writing.
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No waffle just a comprehensive story of the blues
Robert Palmer has written a lucid and entertaining read on the story of the blues and the culture.Crammed into 310 pages, you couldn't wish for anything more comprehensive for... Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Right Reverend
If you want to understand the blues, buy this book!
I've read quite a few books on the blues, but haven't read anything quite like this excellent book. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 1999
An Aussie heads for Clarksdale
I read this wonderful book here in Canberra, Australia's national capital, far far away from the Delta. It was hard to put it down. Read more
Published on 7 July 1999
Simply The Best
There's no other way to put it, this is simply the best book out there on the blues both as a music form and as force in shaping American culture. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 1999
It stays with you
I read this book about 15 years ago, sometime after it first came out, and have probably re-read it three or four times since then. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 1999
One of the best books on Blues Music
This is one of the best books on the evolution of modern music that I've ever read.
Published on 11 July 1998
Reads like a novel. Parker is a wonderful writer.
As a student of music history for 30 years, I can say I have never read a more enlightening book, with wonderful insight and a true sense of style in every sense of the word. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 1998
god bless mr. palmer
the best consice history of blues I have ever read and i read them all. god bless MR> palmer
Published on 5 Dec 1997
a must read
That person took what I was going to say! I agree with everything they said about this book. I've read every book of any substance out there about blues, especially the early... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 1997
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