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From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)

From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again): The Blues

The Blues

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A journey up the Mississippi with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.

Joe Queenan's alternative history of the United States continues with the story of how the Blues left Mississippi and came to the UK.

In 1964 the Rolling Stones went to Chess Records in Chicago. In a later interview Keith Richards said this was when they first met Muddy Waters, up a ladder, painting the ceiling white. Is it true? Keith says it's true. This is the story of how the music of the Mississippi delta travelled first to Chicago and then inspired a whole generation of British rock musicians, who then brought it back to a white American audience who barely knew who Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon even were.

The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde

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