The Road to Robert Johnson: The Genesis and Evolution of Blues in the Delta from the Late 1800s Through 1938

Bit of an odd mix between a biographic and a guitar music/tab book. The tabs are very short, just a couple of bars. The biographic/history seems to be largely based on assumptions. I cant reccomend it.

It was very good.

While I have Ed Komara to thank in part for helping introduce me to the Mississippi Delta when he ran the Blues Archives at Ole Miss in Oxford, this book has seen its publication delayed too long since it was written and is too limited in its scope. Since written Robert Johnson's real gravesite has been disclosed by the widow of the man who dug the grave, the Rock Hall of Fame conference has been held and yet another book (this one) is written without interviewing Robert Lockwood Jr., Robert Johnson's stepson and protoge. It was only Lockwood that learned to play guitar directly from Johnson. He was a cagey person to interview but he opened up to me in depth. I fault Komara's publisher for delaying publication too long and making the book out of date before it was published.