Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers"

by Peter Guralnick

Book Overview

Music critic, author, and screenwriter Peter Guarlnick illuminates the life and legend of blues guitarist Robert Johnson in this extended essay.

He was probably the most influential of all bluesman. And yet Robert Johnson remained virtually unknown to a wider audience until the release of his complete recordings in 1990, fifty-two years after his death.

Unquestionably the main influence on Muddy Waters and an entire generation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452279496
• ISBN13: 9780452279490
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

worth reading

Excellent book. Interesting prospective not only of Robert Johnson, but of his contemporaries.

Vivid description of the blues great

The 96 pages of this book are pack full of information about legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. Virtually everything that is known about Mr. Johnson is vividly detailed in this work. Makes for excellent reading.