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- catalog abstract "Adam Gussow, shattered by failed love at twenty-seven, dedicated himself to blues music in an act of creative desperation. When he met Nat Riddles ("harmonica-man for all occasions"), he got what he was longing for: initiation into the New York "harp"--Playing demimonde and a headlong plunge into a Dionysian lifestyle that ended when Riddles' near-murder and flight compelled Adam to find a different mentor. Mister Satan was that man. Born Sterling Magee in Mississippi, Satan played guitar and various percussion instruments simultaneously, ferociously. He was also a soapbox preacher and environmental philosopher, an African-American genius of Shakespearean immensity. Defying cultural and generational divides, Adam and Mister Satan become fellow street musicians, would-be racial redeemers, and, eventually, an acclaimed performing duo. This is their remarkable story: at once the author's own coming of age and his account of the vicissitudes and tenacity of a friendship realized through a shared love of the blues.".
- catalog alternative "Blues memoir".
- catalog contributor b10952027.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Adam Gussow, shattered by failed love at twenty-seven, dedicated himself to blues music in an act of creative desperation. When he met Nat Riddles ("harmonica-man for all occasions"), he got what he was longing for: initiation into the New York "harp"--Playing demimonde and a headlong plunge into a Dionysian lifestyle that ended when Riddles' near-murder and flight compelled Adam to find a different mentor. Mister Satan was that man. Born Sterling Magee in Mississippi, Satan played guitar and various percussion instruments simultaneously, ferociously. He was also a soapbox preacher and environmental philosopher, an African-American genius of Shakespearean immensity.".
- catalog description "Defying cultural and generational divides, Adam and Mister Satan become fellow street musicians, would-be racial redeemers, and, eventually, an acclaimed performing duo. This is their remarkable story: at once the author's own coming of age and his account of the vicissitudes and tenacity of a friendship realized through a shared love of the blues.".
- catalog extent "viii, 402 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mister Satan's apprentice.".
- catalog identifier "067945022X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mister Satan's apprentice.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Mister Satan's apprentice.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "781.643/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Blues musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Gussow, Adam.".
- catalog subject "ML419.G83 A3 1998".
- catalog subject "Mister Satan, 1936-".
- catalog title "Blues memoir".
- catalog title "Mister Satan's apprentice : a blues memoir / Adam Gussow.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".