Escaping the Delta

Aired January 27, 2005

ESCAPING THE DELTA is the title of a provocative new book by Elijah Wald that explores how a mythology of the blues grew around the figure of Robert Johnson. On this episode of Hip Deep, Elijah Wald talks with producer Ned Sublette, and plays lesser-known recordings by Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr and others, who provided source material for some of Johnson's now more famous tunes. Produced by Ned Sublette.

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