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The new edition is out!
Blues Traveling: the Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Steve Cheseborough's highly acclaimed guidebook, is available again -- in an updated and expanded second edition. Ask for it at your local bookstore, or see below to order a signed and personalized copy directly from the author. "If you are planning to visit Mississippi to see the Land of the Blues or even if you are a Blues fan trying to understand how the geography of Mississippi impacts on the music you love, this book is absolutely indispensable." -- Geoff Mann, Delta Snake reviews |
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"On Ham Hocks & Gravy, Steve Cheseborough demonstrates that he’s a hell of a performer as well as a blues authority." – Blues Revue. There are people who can play the blues, and people who can talk about the blues. Mississippi blues performer-lecturer Steve Cheseborough does both, masterfully. He brings to life the acoustic country blues of the 1920s and '30s in the tradition of Blind Boy Fuller, Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Bo Carter – by re-creating the music and recounting the lives, legends and lore of the fascinating men and women who created the blues, and the land they came from. Cheseborough (pronounced CHEZZ-bro) learns a song off a scratchy old 78 and re-creates it loud and clear, here and now, preserving the spirit and intricacies of the original while making it his own. He sings from the heart, accompanying himself on antique-style guitars that look as beautiful as they sound. He adds touches of harmonica and percussion to his spellbinding one-man act. Steve is a respected authority on the blues, author-photographer of the acclaimed guidebook Blues Traveling, and a contributor to Living Blues, Acoustic Guitar, South and other magazines and newspapers. He speaks and performs in the Starz! TV documentary Last of the Mississippi Jukes, also featuring Morgan Freeman and Chris Thomas King, and is host and musical director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s nationally distributed “Blues Breaks.” He holds a master's in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi, and has lectured on blues topics at academic conferences. His performances on riverboats and at festivals, museums, schools, nightclubs and private events combine stories, history and live performance. "Steve did such a good job capturing the emotions associated with southern blues, I was tempted to ask him if the CD came with collard greens." – Acoustic Scene  |
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showcasing Steve on Outstanding Blues Need an MP3 player? Click here to get the WinAmp MP3 player for Windows 95/98/2000. |
Photos of "Lovesick" Steve and friends: |
Jamming with David Kimbrough at the now-burned-down Junior's jook joint, Chulahoma, Miss. |
With Keith Dockery, owner of Dockery Plantation, where Charley Patton played
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 At Lowcountry Blues Festival, Charleston SC |
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