“I know why the best blues artist comes from Mississippi,” Hooker told an interviewer from Melody Maker in 1964. “Because it’s the worst state. You have the blues all right if you’re down in Mississippi.” MississippiDeltaBlues Book:Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music Source: Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music