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Booth travels to the funeral of master bluesman John Hurt with slide-guitar virtuoso Furry Lewis, a man steeped in Southern history. Here is Memphis, a small town still living through the traumas of the Civil War and yellow fever, inspiring memories of riverboats, medicine shows, murder, Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Otis Redding, the Bar-Kays, and James Brown.Booth, Stanley is the author of 'Rhythm Oil: A Journey through the Music of the American South - Stanley Booth - Paperback - 1st Vintage Books ed' with ISBN 9780679741749 and ISBN 0679741747.
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