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Elijah Wald

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Elijah Wald is a musician and writer, with nine published books. Most are about music (blues, folk, world, and Mexican drug ballads), with one about hitchhiking.
His new book is a revisionist history of popular music, throwing out the usual critical conventions and instead looking at what mainstream pop fans were actually listening and dancing to over the years.
At readings, he also plays guitar and sings...why not?"

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Books by Elijah Wald

Average rating: 3.88 · 533 ratings · 109 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues 3.98 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music 3.75 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas 3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Riding with Strangers: A Hitchhiker's Journey 3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Blues 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Josh White 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Blues: A Very Short Introduction 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	My rating:
	Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating: