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Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell by Michael Gray (Paperback, 2008)

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Book Binding:Paperback / softback. Yet he never achieved stardom, and until now little has been written about his extraordinary life. Part biography, part travelogue, part social history, this is an atmospheric, unforgettable tale.

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The great pre-war blues musician Blind Willie McTell was one of the most gifted artists of his generation, with an exquisite voice and a sublime talent for the 12-string guitar. Yet he never achieved stardom, and until now little has been written about his extraordinary life. In this odyssey to the American South, Gray evokes the turbulent history of McTell's time and place and peels back the many layers of his compelling, sometimes tragic but ultimately uplifting story. Part biography, part travelogue, part social history, this is an atmospheric, unforgettable tale.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-139780747565611

eBay Product ID (ePID)87743814

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Book TitleHand Me My Travelin' Shoes: in Search of Blind Willie Mctell

AuthorMichael Gray

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicMusic

Publication Year2008

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages448 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight307g

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Title_AuthorMichael Gray

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by bof56
30 Nov, 2016
The definitive work on a late-recognised genius
You will find lots of books on the old blues masters, but if you want the full story of Blind Willie McTell, this is the only one to get. Author Michael Gray takes over 350 pages to fill out the history of the man who wrote Statesborough Blues, Dying Crapshooeter's Blues and many others on his trusty 12-string guitar. Gray fills out the book with much detail on McTell's ancestry, the US Civil War, slavery and the Civil Rights movement. There is plenty of context here! If you just want a brief history of BWM you can probably find it in a CD booklet. This book is the proverbial journey starting with his great grandparents and following it through to the one-hour recording session with Ed Rhodes in 1956 and his eventual death. If you're from the Twitter generation, skip this. But if you remember books (like the Internet, but made of trees), then this is a rewarding read on a worthy subject.
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