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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

por Elijah Wald

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Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant but obscure musician come to be hailed long after his death as the most important artist in early blues and a founding father of rock 'n' roll? Elijah Wald provides the first thorough examination of Johnson's work and makes it the centerpiece for a fresh look at the entire history of the blues. He traces the music's rural folk roots but focuses on its evolution as a hot, hip African-American pop style, placing the great blues stars in their proper place as innovative popular artists during one of the most exciting periods in American music. He then goes on to explore how the image of the blues was reshaped by a world of generally white fans, with very different standards and dreams. The result is a view of the blues from the inside, based not only on recordings but also on the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, and original research. Wald presents previously unpublished studies of what people on Delta plantations were actually listening to during the blues era, showing the larger world in which Johnson's music was conceived. What emerges is a new respect and appreciation for the creators of what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music.Wald also discusses how later fans formed a new view of the blues as haunting Delta folklore. While trying to separate fantasy from reality, he accepts that neither the simple history nor the romantic legend is the whole story. Each has its own fascinating history, and it is these twin histories that inform this book.… (más)
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Although it laid low another one of my heroes, Robert Johnson, it was a very useful book, gave me a lot more background than I had had before about the development of the blues, and the Delta blues. ( )
  RickGeissal | Aug 16, 2023 |
A history of blues anchored on the short life of the iconic Robert Johnson. A very interesting and lucid view on the blues, trying to dispel the myths and focus on what blues really meant to the people who listened to the music across the years, from its origins to the revival of the 1960s and then to modern day.
Well worth the read for anyone who loves this musical genre. ( )
  espadana | Jun 24, 2015 |
Good historical overview of the blues, particularly notable in addressing common misperceptions about early blues artists. ( )
  Sullywriter | May 22, 2015 |
Der Autor zeigt an Hand der Geschichte des Musikers Robert Johnson auf, dass es bei der Rezeption der Bluesmusik durch das weisse Mainstream Publikum in den sechziger Jahren zu einer Reduktion der Musik auf primitive, sogenannt authentische und einfache Muster gekommen ist. Im Gegensatz zu dieser Mystifikation war die Musik der schwarzen Gemeinden im Mississippi Delta der zwanziger und dreissiger Jahre vielfältiger als später behauptet und umfasste alle Formen und Stile der jeweiligen Zeit, also Einflüsse aus Jazz, Pop und Folklore. Die Genres waren noch nicht so definiert und differenziert, die Musiker spielten, was gefiel und verlangt wurde, sie mussten vielseitig und an allem interessiert sein, um an den verschiedenen Orten der Auftritte die Leute zu begeistern und kommerziell erfolgreich zu sein. Die These ist einleuchtend und an vielen Beispielen ausgeführt. ( )
  Markus.bauer | May 29, 2014 |
This history of the blues places Robert Johnson in the context of his time and the music of his time and place. Therefore, it corrects the widely held impression that Johnson in particular and the Delta bluesmen in general were recognized as tortured geniuses and were popularly acclaimed. At the same time, Wald respects and loves the Delta blues recordings and his chapters on Johnson's sessions are a sensitive track by track appreciation and evaluation. ( )
  nmele | Apr 6, 2013 |
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Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant but obscure musician come to be hailed long after his death as the most important artist in early blues and a founding father of rock 'n' roll? Elijah Wald provides the first thorough examination of Johnson's work and makes it the centerpiece for a fresh look at the entire history of the blues. He traces the music's rural folk roots but focuses on its evolution as a hot, hip African-American pop style, placing the great blues stars in their proper place as innovative popular artists during one of the most exciting periods in American music. He then goes on to explore how the image of the blues was reshaped by a world of generally white fans, with very different standards and dreams. The result is a view of the blues from the inside, based not only on recordings but also on the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, and original research. Wald presents previously unpublished studies of what people on Delta plantations were actually listening to during the blues era, showing the larger world in which Johnson's music was conceived. What emerges is a new respect and appreciation for the creators of what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music.Wald also discusses how later fans formed a new view of the blues as haunting Delta folklore. While trying to separate fantasy from reality, he accepts that neither the simple history nor the romantic legend is the whole story. Each has its own fascinating history, and it is these twin histories that inform this book.

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