Elijah Wald
Elijah Wald is a musician and author of over a dozen books, including Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues , The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama , How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of Popular Music , and the bestselling Dylan Goes Electric! He has a PhD in ethnomusicology and sociolinguistics and a Grammy for production and liner notes. He lives in Philadelphia.
Elijah Wald is a musician and author of over a dozen books, including Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues , The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama , How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of Popular Music , and the bestselling Dylan Goes Electric! He has a PhD in ethnomusicology and sociolinguistics and a Grammy for production and liner notes. He lives in Philadelphia. See less
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street
Music Life
Not content with being a wonderful singer and picker, Dave van Ronk proved in this memoir that he was a fair-minded but utterly honest historian and a deeply insightful analyst of both music and the ... Read More
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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
The Blues And Romantic History
Many Americans have shown a great interest in "roots" music as part of a highly commendable effort to understand our country's life and culture. Much of this interest has, over the years, focused on ... Read More
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street
Great story
The story itself is great and very informative of the music scene in New York City in the 40's and 50's. I was bummed out that the binding of the book fell apart as soon as I started reading the ... Read More