"Land where the Blues Began" by Alan Lomax. Alan's field years in Mississippi. Sit on the front porch with a 25 year old Muddy Waters. Meet Fred McDowell for the first time and record on Fred's front porch that night. Read about the building of the levees by hand, and on and on. And the chilling chapter "There is a hell." Get rousted by the police for being white on the wrong side of town.

"Deep Blues" by Robert Palmer. The Delta and Charlie Patton and Son House. Migrate to Chicago with Muddy Waters. Helena Arkansas when it was hot and Sonny Boy Williamson II and Robert Lockwood Jr. were knocking them dead on the original King Biscuit radio show and driving at speed to their juke joint gigs that night. And many other delights.