Blues From the Delta: An Illustrated Documentary on the Music and Musicians of the Mississippi Delta (Ferris, William)

Used. Very Good. Cover has some marks and light stains, black marker through the price on the back, and another black mark on the back. Inside pages have yellowed a bit.

Paperback. Doubleday/Anchor (1979).

This study views the blues as it developed in the Mississippi Delta. From the first records issued in the 1920s to contemporary sounds by B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf, the Delta has produced an uninterrupted musical tradition which is still sung by little-known Delta performers.