Mojo Triangle Travel Guide - Softcover

Allen, Mardi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941644546 ISBN 13: 9781941644546

Publisher: Sartoris Literary Group, 2018

Synopsis

Mojo Triangle Travel Guide presents a road map for tourists to explore the historic triangle for the purpose of understanding America's impressive contributions to music.

Each chapter begins with a brief explanation for the destination area's contribution to music and brief bios of the recording artists from each area, followed by practical information about where travelers should go to find music venues, restaurants, places to spend the night, and historical points of interest.

Major feature of the book are rare photographs, interviews with many of the musicians who played important roles in the creation of America's music, and feature articles on human and cultural landmarks within the Mojo Triangle.

The triangular concept of defining American music was originated by author James L. Dickerson in the early 2000s after decades of writing about the music created in the South. In 2005 he published a book, Mojo Triangle, that was named the best non-fiction work in the South for that year by the Independent Publishers Association and presented with an IPPY Award. The book was updated and reprinted in 2014.

About this title

About the Author:

Mardi Allen, Ph.D., is the co-author of several books, including Sons Without Fathers: What Every Mother Needs to Know and How To Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents. As a psychologist who grew up in the heart of the Mojo Triangle, she has been able to integrate her behavioral expertise with her love of music and travel in such a way as to understand the ingredients for a meaningful experience on the crossroads of America's music.

Review:

"If you like country, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll and have had a hankering to visit the South's storied haunts where these musical forms originated, Mardi Allen's "Mojo Triangle Travel Guide" (Sartoris) offers useful information for places to see. It's unusual name, "Mojo Triangle," defines an area drawing a straight line from New Orleans to Nashville, then over to Memphis and back down to New Orleans following the curves of the Mississippi River ...

Each chapter gives a capsule of the history of the city (or area with the Delta and Trace, for example), along with local attractions and thumbnail sketches of famous musicians and other celebrities from the locale. The guide is chock full of tidbits that are interesting, even if you're not using it as a travel guide, as areas of further exploration ...

Allen is successful in that with "Mojo," creating an invaluable traveling companion for the Southern region where America's original music was born."--Jim Ewing, Clarion-Ledger

About this edition

• Publisher: Sartoris Literary Group
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1941644546
• ISBN 13: 9781941644546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388