| The Blues Highway
- a travel and music guide |
Updated edition out now!
"Delves into the history and the spirit and the
emotion...it's alive!"
Diana Nyad, host of NPR's
The Savvy Traveler
"If you want directions to the crossroads where Robert
Johnson made that deal with the devil - or just want to know
whether that little town in the Delta has an ATM machine -
Richard Knight can tell you...a very practical guide."
Jacki Lyden, host of NPR's
All Things Considered
“Brilliant - if you have even the remotest interest
in the blues or are thinking of visiting any part of the country
cut through by Route 61, then you would be mad, bad or otherwise
afflicted not to take this along.”
The Sunday Times
“Perfect.”
Mojo
“For those intending to travel the Blues Highway, I envy
you. For those who are unable to make the trip, read this
and weep.”
Jazz Journal
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THE BLUES HIGHWAY:
NEW ORLEANS TO CHICAGO is a classic road trip through
the cradle of musical innovation in America. This definitive
travel and music guide follows Highway 61, the Illinois
Central railroad and the Mississippi River to explore
the roots of jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco, country, rock
& roll, soul and gospel music from Congo Square in
New Orleans to down-home Delta juke-joints and on to South
Side Chicago clubs.
The route follows the journey made by many African-Americans
from the cottonfields of the South to the tenements of
the Chicago in search of work and better lives during
the years of the ‘Great Migration’.
The book boasts interviews with music legends Wilson Pickett,
Ike Turner, Little Milton, Sam Phillips, Rufus Thomas
and many more. Other exciting features include: detailed
city guides; extensive listings on where to stay and where
to eat; where to find the best music clubs and bars; historic
landmarks; who's who of jazz and blues; when and where
to find music festivals and events; and the people, culture
and cuisine of the THE BLUES HIGHWAY. |
The Blues Highway: New Orleans to Chicago by Richard Knight
is available in all good bookstores and online from Amazon.com
Please direct all book enquiries to
info@blues-highway.com.
Thank you.
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