Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Background of the Blues....Pages 3-10
The Emergence of the Blues....Pages 11-26
The Geographical Base....Pages 27-51
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1920s and 1930s....Pages 52-71
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1940s....Pages 72-86
Atlanta Strut: The Pianists....Pages 87-95
Goin’ to Town....Pages 96-124
Down in Atlanta, G.A.....Pages 125-149
Goin’ Down in Georgia: Georgia Blues Today....Pages 150-165
Greenville Sheik....Pages 166-179
On Up the Road....Pages 180-202
Bull City Blues: Durham, North Carolina....Pages 203-213
Blind Boy Fuller....Pages 214-240
Blind Gary Davis in North Carolina....Pages 241-253
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry....Pages 254-271
Other Blues in North Carolina....Pages 272-293
Goin’ to Richmond: Virginia and the Northern Border Regions....Pages 294-314
Going Up the Country: The Migration North....Pages 315-344
Tricks Ain’t Walkin’ No More....Pages 345-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-384