Roger Wood has compiled the definitive history of the Blues men and women of the various inner-city wards and outlying communities of Houston. Many of these Texas performers, like Lightnin Hopkins, Johnny Copeland, and Albert [...]

When Mississippi-born Sterling Plumpp discovered blues poetry as his voice, his work flowed. Born in 1940, he has published many volumes of poetry, each with special emphasis on the blues. His collections of poems include [...]

Aside from writing for major music magazines in both the United States and England, Robert Gordon also is the author of several books including It Came from Memphis and the recent The King on the [...]

The second book by the former Rolling Stone bassist (after his memoir Stone Alone) is an expansive and comprehensive look at the Blues, a volume that truly deserves its name. Spanning 400 years from the [...]

Spinning Blues Into Gold is the recount of Chess Records and the men behind it – Leonard and Phil Chess. Cohodas also tells a story of American history from immigration, race, relations, music, plus the [...]

The Blues has been described in many ways but to Honeyboy Edwards it is 'a leading thing,' an irresistible feeling that has called him on - away from the home, away from the comfort, away [...]

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