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Zur Deutschen Übersetzung...15 Lavere Inhalt Vorwort des Herausgebers zur deutschen Übersetzung......................15 Vorwort von Stephen C. LaVere........................................................17 Vorwort des Autors........................................................................... 20 Danksagungen................................................................................... 23 Einführung......................................................................................... 26 Robert Johnson - Biographie.............................................................37 Die frühen Jahre des Robert Johnson............................................ 37 Robert Johnson als junger Mann................................................... 42 Die Wanderjahre des Musikers...................................................... 46 Die Aufnahmejahre.........................................................................56 Der Tod von Robert Johnson......................................................... 66 Robert Johnson - Mythos, Einfluss, Bedeutung und Erbe................ 75 Die Legende von Crossroads......................................................... 75 John Hammond lässt Robert Johnson auferstehen......................... 82 Eine neues Publikum..................................................................... 90 Robert Johnson wird ein globales Phänomen................................ 96 Der Film, der die Legende veränderte..........................................108 Die Fehde über die Fotos Robert Johnsons..................................111 Die Fotos bei näherer Betrachtung..........................................118 Das Automaten-Selbstporträt................................................118 Das Hooks-Brothers-Studioporträt.......................................120 Das dritte Foto......................................................................122 Die Verkäufe der Complete Recordings übertreffen alle Erwartungen.................................................................................124 Ein Sohn wird gefunden...............................................................129 Die Diskussion um Filmaufnahmen.............................................136 Nachwort von Tom Graves...............................................................141 Tom Graves zu Robert Johnsons Musik.......................................143 Drei Robert-Johnson-Songs „in Großaufnahme“.....................145 Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)..............................145 They’re Red Hot.................................................................... 147 Love In Vain Blues............................................................... 149 Anmerkungen von Tom Graves........................................................151 Abbildungen..................................................................................... 153 Anhang............................................................................................. 166 Vorbemerkung zum Anhang........................................................ 166 Alben............................................................................................ 167 Ausgewählte Tonträger............................................................167 The Country Blues................................................................... 169 Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers..................171 Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II.... 175 Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings...........................178 Robert Johnson - The Centennial Collection..........................182 Veröffentlichte Robert-Johnson-Titel...........................................185 Vorbemerkung......................................................................... 185 Übersicht der Aufnahmen von Robert Johnson.......................185 32-20 Blues.............................................................................. 187 Come On In My Kitchen.........................................................188 Cross Road Blues..................................................................... 191 Dead Shrimp Blues..................................................................193 Drunken Hearted Man.............................................................194 From Four Until Late...............................................................195 Hellhound on My Trail............................................................197 Honeymoon Blues...................................................................199 I Believe 1’11 Dust My Broom................................................. 200 I’m A Steady Rollin’ Man...................................................... 202 If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day................................203 Kind Hearted Woman Blues................................................... 204 Last Fair Deal Gone Down..................................................... 206 Little Queen Of Spades........................................................... 208 Love In Vain Blues................................................................. 209 Malted Milk............................................................................ 211 Me And The Devil Blues........................................................ 212 Milkcow’s Calf Blues............................................................. 214 Phonograph Blues................................................................... 215 Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)................................ 217 Ramblin’ On My Mind........................................................... 218 Stones In My Passway............................................................ 219 Stop Breakin’ Down Blues..................................................... 221 Sweet Home Chicago.............................................................. 223 Terraplane Blues..................................................................... 225 They're Red Hot...................................................................... 226 Traveling Riverside Blues...................................................... 228 Walkin’ Blues......................................................................... 229 When You Got A Good Friend............................................... 230 Bücher......................................................................................... 232 Elijah Wald: Escaping the Delta (E) / Vom Mississippi zum Mainstream (D)....................................................................... 232 Peter Guralnick: Searching for Robert Johnson...................... 236 Patricia R. Schroeder: Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture.............................................239 Robert Palmer: Deep Blues......................................................245 Robert Santelli: The Big Book of Blues. A Biographical Encyclopedia............................................................................247 Samuel B. Charters: Der Country Blues. Die Songs und die Legenden............................ 250 Samuel B. Charters: Robert Johnson...................................... 253 Tom Graves: Crossroads. The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson...........................................................256 Filme/Videos................................................................................260 Chris Hunt: The-Search for Robert Johnson........................... 260 Martin Scorsese: The Blues. Eine Reise zu den Wurzeln des Blues....................................................................................... 263 Peter Meyer: Can’t You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life and Music of Robert Johnson........................................................265 Robert Mugge: Hellhounds On My Trail. The Afterlife of Robert Johnson....................................................................................269 Walter Hill: Crossroads. Pakt mit dem Teufel........................ 272 Wichtige Websites, Organisationen und Museen........................ 274 All Music.................................................................................274 The Blues Foundation - Blues Hall of Farne (Memphis, Tennessee)...............................................................................276 Delta Blues Museum (Clarksdale, Mississippi)...................... 278 Rock and Roll Hall of Farne (Cleveland, Ohio)...................... 280 Robert Johnson Blues Foundation (Crystal Springs, Mississippi) 281 The Robert Johnson Notebooks..............................................283 Weitere Materialien und Informationen......................................284 Vanity Fair-Artikel Portrait of a Phantom - Searching for Robert Johnson (2008).........................................................................284 Briefmarken.............................................................................287 Briefmarke Robert Johnson, Blues Singer & Composer, 1911— 1938 (USA)..........................................................................287 „Briefmarken“ mit Robert Johnson (Australien)................. 288 Nicht berücksichtigte Veröffentlichungen und Suche nach weiterem Material................................................................... 290 Delta Haze Corporation: Robert Johnson’s Erbe in skandalös inkorrekt agierenden Händen?................................................ 291 Tom Graves (Autor von Crossroads)...................................... 295 Gerald Herrmann (Coverbild)................................................. 297 Vilmos Mazän (Bild Innenseite)............................................. 300 Camilla van Heumen (Lektorin)............................................. 302 Abbildungsverzeichnis.....................................................................303 Literaturliste.................................................................................... 308 Filmverzeichnis................................................................................320 Websites...........................................................................................321 Index.................................................................................................328.
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