Ambling with the bluesman's toothache in his heel, he describes "cities of the plague, " plots surprise showdowns in which he slaughters sleeping opponents, ponders craven human nature ("They will tear your mind away from contemplation") and scans the skies for hints of geopolitical turmoil.
King's, which is part-owned by the renowned black bluesman. (Poor blacks frequent the authentic but obscure underground clubs that dot sections of the city where most white tourists fear to tread.) What Beale Street lacks today is spontaneity.
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This was instigated by Clive, when out of the blue he gave me an album to listen to call King of the Delta Blues Singers, a collection of seventeen songs recorded by bluesman Robert Johnson in the 1930s.
Elvis may have left the building, but veteran bluesman BB King has not.
"There's probably not another bluesman who had quite the repertoire that Slim had, " said his manager, Martin Salzman.
Mr Myers is a throwback, a black, blind, chain-smoking bluesman who walks painstakingly to the stage but belts out lyrics with a remarkably stirring voice.
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Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson), a small-time farmer and erstwhile bluesman, lives alone with the burning anger that has consumed him since his wife left him for his brother.
The journey is not quite the same as it was a few decades ago, when Robert Johnson travelled down the highway in his quest to become a better bluesman.
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On the other side of the Mississippi, Clarksdale is the site of the Delta Blues Museum which features a wax replica of a legendary bluesman, Muddy Waters.
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Among them was the Robert Johnson classic "Walking Blues, " with Raitt on slide guitar and bluesman Junior Wells on harmonica.
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