Chasin' That Devil Music, Searching for the

Chasin' That Devil Music - Searching for the Blues presents the results of extensive research by a blues scholar who has researched the artists on old 78 RPM records to uncover their stories. Includes rare interviews and the actual songs which are on the CD included with each book.

Foreword

vi

(1)

Editor's Introduction

vii

Prologue: King Solomon Hill

2

(8)

I. Initial Inquiries and Encounters

10

(66)

Knocking on Doors for 78s: Buying Race Records in the South

10

(8)

Record Grades

17

(1)

The Immortal Charlie Patton

18

(16)

Country Blues and Gospel Pioneers

34

(11)

Got Four, Five Puppies, One Little Shaggy Hound

45

(18)

Memphis City Directory Blues

61

(1)

Searching for Bracey and Johnson: Jackson City Directories 1927 to 1956

62

(1)

A Quick Ramble...

63

(7)

Six Who Made Recorded History

70

(6)

The Story of Charlie Booker...Greenville Smokin'

73

(3)

II. Tips, Leads, and Documents

76

(30)

The Black Birds of Paradise

76

(5)

Down at the Depot: The Story of John Lee

81

(5)

Searching for the Robert Johnson Death Certificate

86

(5)

Robert Johnson: New Details on the Death of a Bluesman

91

(3)

Patton's Murder--Whitewash? Or Hogwash?

94

(7)

Bukka White: From Aberdeen to Parchman

101

(5)

III. Witnesses

106

(20)

Ledell Johnson Remembers His Brother, Tommy

106

(6)

Mysteries in Mississippi

110

(2)

Luther and Percy: The Huff Brothers

112

(3)

Highway 80 Blues

115

(3)

Garfield Akers and Joe Callicott: From the Hernando Cotton Fields

118

(8)

IV. H.C. Speir

126

(26)

Legends of the Lost (The Story of Henry Speir)

126

(5)

Godfather of Delta Blues: H.C. Speir

131

(21)

V. Retrospectives

152

(56)

Reverend D.C. Rice--Gospel Singer

152

(7)

Canton, Mis'sippi Breakdown

159

(11)

He's a Devil of a Joe

170

(11)

Can't Tell My Future: The Mystery of Willie Brown

181

(10)

The Two Browns

186

(5)

Blind Roosevelt Graves (1909-1962)

191

(5)

Stop, Look, and Listen at the Cross Road

196

(12)

Epilogue: One Last Walk up King Solomon Hill

208

(11)

Afterword

219

(2)

References

221

(8)

List of 78 rpm Record Issues Cited

229

(10)

Index to 78s

239

(4)

Chasing Down Ishmon Bracey's Records

240

(3)

List of Interviews Cited

243

(6)

Reissues

249

(16)

Index of Names

265

(4)

CD Liner Notes

269

(2)

About the Author and Editor

271

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