Robert Johnson: Lost and Found

by Bill McCulloch and Barry Lee Pearson

Book Overview

Even with just forty-one recordings to his credit, Robert Johnson (1911-38) is a towering figure in the history of the blues. His vast influence on twentieth-century American music, combined with his mysterious death at the age of twenty-seven, still encourage the speculation and myth that have long obscured the facts about his life. The most famous legend depicts a young Johnson meeting the Devil at a dusty Mississippi crossroads at midnight and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202835X
• ISBN13: 9780252028359
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"