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ROBERT JOHNSON: LOST AND FOUND
by Barry Lee Pearson and Bill McCulloch
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With just forty-one recordings to his credit, Robert Johnson (1911-38) is a giant in the history of blues music. Johnson's vast influence on twentieth-century American music, combined with his mysterious death at the age of twenty-seven, has allowed speculation and myths to obscure the facts of his life. Pearson and McCulloch traced the paper trail of the Johnson myth through the decades and found that white critics and promoters were telling tall tales about him while he was still alive. They compare conflicting accounts of Johnson's life, weighing them against interviews with blues musicians and others who knew the man. Through their extensive research they uncover a life every bit as compelling as the fabrications and exaggerations that have sprung up around it. 148 pp.
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$24.95
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