tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132281047549828583.post4807160975246983665..comments2024-03-18T05:16:10.912-05:00Comments on Mississippi, The Birthplace Of American Music: The Book on Delta BluesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132281047549828583.post-52096331745388953412008-12-20T22:07:00.000-06:002008-12-20T22:07:00.000-06:00It's a very good book. He speaks with and or quote...It's a very good book. He speaks with and or quotes all of the past major blues researchers and keeps the story moving along. <BR/><BR/>You're right about McDowell geographically. He was raised in Tennessee but settled and farmed in Como, Ms. That's outside of the Delta. Still Gioia says he played slide in the delta style.Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792109446073313315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132281047549828583.post-59603050503976018862008-12-20T20:12:00.000-06:002008-12-20T20:12:00.000-06:00Looks like an interesting book. I have to get thro...Looks like an interesting book. I have to get through my Mance Lipscomb and Earl Hooker ones first, though. This is some McDowell footage that I've never seen, but McDowell didn't play in the Delta style. He was a Hill Country Blues artist, wasn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com