NEW! Riding with the Blues: Deep South Travels into Music History by James Charles Roy.
 
Combining travelogue with history, this book traces the lives and careers of blues icons Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, B.B. King, and a host of others who created and shaped the blues in all its variants, both acoustic and electric. It explores the context that shaped their music, including segregation and Jim Crow laws, poverty, moonshine whiskey, and the evolving recording industry. In doing so, it illuminates both the origins of the blues and its longstanding cultural impact, blending many strands into a memorable narrative.
 
1. Selma 9
2. Gee’s Bend 15
3. The Delta 24
4. Tutwiler 45
5. Clarksdale 58
6. Dockery Farms 68
7. Greenville 102
8. Stovall Plantation 120
9. Helena, Arkansas 163
10. The Glendora Gin 173
11. Tunica 180
12. Memphis 190
13. Corinth 223
 
Softcover (7x10"). 291 pages. 73 photos.