{"product_id":"mississippi-hill-country-blues-1967-hardcover","title":"Mississippi Hill Country Blues 1967 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese photographs document George Mitchell's trip to Mississippi, where he searched for then\u003cbr\u003eunrecorded blues musicians including R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, and Othar Turner. This\u003cbr\u003ejourney yielded recordings of music now on cherished and touted albums and CDs. From Mitchell's\u003cbr\u003efieldwork many others discovered the region and its distinctive style of blues. Some of the musicians\u003cbr\u003eMitchell recorded had their lives transformed following his visit.\u003c\/p\u003eThe historic photographs in George Mitchell's \u003ci\u003eMississippi Hill Country Blues 1967\u003c\/i\u003e capture a\u003cbr\u003evibrant blues tradition at the moment of its discovery. Intimate, without posturing or pandering, these\u003cbr\u003ephotographs provide a raw, authentic look at African American blues musicians, their families, and\u003cbr\u003etheir stomping grounds in the Mississippi Hill Country at a time when blues music remained a lively, \u003cbr\u003ethough waning, part of their community and blues musicians were viewed with respect and pride.\u003cbr\u003eBlues musicians brought pleasure and release to people wrestling with severe poverty and pervasive\u003cbr\u003ediscrismination.Mitchell's ability to connect with his subjects is evident in his arresting images. The musicians--\u003cbr\u003eand their families and friends--welcomed him in their homes and at rent parties and fife and drum\u003cbr\u003epicnics. They posed for portraits. They let him hang around with his camera while they cooked supper\u003cbr\u003eor danced up a storm. The book includes Mitchell's interviews, conducted at the time he took the photos, with four of the\u003cbr\u003emusicians, who talk about their music, their lives, and the times in which they live. Running throughout\u003cbr\u003eis the author's recounting of his experience of the seminal musicological odyssey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e conducted field research and recorded blues musicians from the 1960s into the 1980s in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. He also produced blues concerts, festivals, and television programs. He has published seven books of photographs and edited interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 11.18 x 8.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730227925055,"sku":"9781617038167","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1b3fa9f933a56a31e343f008e3e8786b.webp?v=1765125317","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mississippi-hill-country-blues-1967-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}