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User Review - atyson - LibraryThingThe best book on the blues I have read. I would like to know how something like this can be done better. Palmer uses Muddy Waters as the pivotal figure on which to base his history of the blues. It is ... Read full review
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| Title | Deep blues |
| Author | Robert Palmer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0670495115, 9780670495115 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Subjects | › › African American musicians Afro-American musicians Blues (Music) Blues musicians History and criticism Music / Genres & Styles / Blues Music / Musical Instruments / General United States |
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