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'HAND ME MY TRAVELIN'
SHOES:
In Search of Blind Willie McTell'
by
Michael
Gray
Michael
Gray is the author of the eagerly-awaited forthcoming biography of Georgia's
greatest bluesman, Blind Willie McTell.
HAND ME
MY TRAVELIN' SHOES: In Search of Blind Willie McTell
now available from
Bloomsbury, London.
(ISBN: 0 7475 6560 0; ISBN-13: 978-0747565604.) 448 pages. Hardback 1st
Edition. Retail price: £25.
In this personal and moving odyssey into a lost world of early blues music, a
vulnerable black population and more, Gray peels back the many layers of a
tragic, occasionally shocking but ultimately uplifting story, giving us an
intimate portrait of a remarkable man and showing how his life connects to the
tumultuous sweep of history. Getting the story is part of the story itself, and
Gray's quest for facts and details suggests that perhaps little has changed in
the Deep South even today. Part biography, part travelogue, part social history,
this is an atmospheric, unforgettable tale.
Check out the Book Reviews
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Amazon
also.
Check out Michael's essay: Ghost Trains of the Mississippi
Check out a very special Blind Willie McTell event
Check out Michael's one-man-show-style talks
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