WILLIAM FERRIS MISSISSIPPI BLUES BOOK CD DVD

Updated August 8, 2026

AVAILABLE for SHIPPING or LOCAL PICKUP > William Ferris’s hardcover volume Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, measuring approximately 8" wide by 9 1/2" tall and containing 320 pages, complete with the original companion music CD and documentary DVD. Published by the University of North Carolina Press, the book combines oral histories, photographs, cultural commentary, and documentary material drawn from Ferris’s extensive work recording Mississippi blues musicians and African American communities. The volume includes 45 illustrations, one map, a bibliography, and an index. The accompanying CD presents original music connected with the interviews and field recordings, while the DVD contains original documentary film footage. Both discs remain housed within the book as shown. Ferris presents firsthand voices from Mississippi blues culture, preserving accounts of music, hardship, community life, performance, faith, and survival. The dust jacket includes endorsements from B. B. King, Morgan Freeman, Quincy Jones, Ernest J. Gaines, William Christenberry, T Bone Burnett, and Toni Morrison. The rear dust jacket bears ISBN 978-0-8078-3325-4. Offered as a substantial multimedia reference for collectors and readers interested in Mississippi history, blues music, Southern culture, oral history, folklore, photography, and documentary film.

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