A BLUES BIBLIOGRAPHY :

477 Pages·2021·9.168 MB·English

by  ROBERT FORD

A BLUES
BIBLIOGR APHY
Update to the Second Edition
This book provides a sequel to Robert Ford’s compre- and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. With exten-
hensive reference work A Blues Bibliography, the second sive listings of print and online articles in scholarly and
edition of which was published in 2007. Bringing Ford’s trade journals, books, and recordings, this bibliography
bibliography of resources up to date, this volume covers offers the most thorough resource for all researchers stud-
works published since 2005, complementing the first vol- ying the blues.
ume by extending coverage through twelve years of new
publications. As in the previous volume, this work includes Robert Ford is a librarian at The University of Southampton.
entries on the history and background of the blues, instru- The first edition of his Blues Bibliography brought him wide
ments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations, recognition as a scholar in this field.

A BLUES
BIBLIOGR APHY
UPDATE TO THE SECOND
EDITION
ROBERT FORD
University of Southampton, UK
Update to the Second Edition published 2020
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First edition of A Blues Bibliography published by Paul Pelletier Publishing 1999
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In recent years, the music world has lost two of the pioneers of blues literature: Sam Charters in 2015,
and Paul Oliver in 2017. I would like to acknowledge their contribution to blues literature and their
influence on blues writers and researchers worldwide.

Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: A Brief History of Blues Literature xiii
References xvii
Geographic Abbreviations xix
I History and Background 1
II Biographical Entries: A 21
III Biographical Entries: B 29
IV Biographical Entries: C 71
V Biographical Entries: D 97
VI Biographical Entries: E 115
VII Biographical Entries: F 121
VIII Biographical Entries: G 129
IX Biographical Entries: H/I 141
X Biographical Entries: J 165
XI Biographical Entries: K 185
XII Biographical Entries: L 201
XIII Biographical Entries: M 217
XIV Biographical Entries: N 239
XV Biographical Entries: O 243
XVI Biographical Entries: P 247
XVII Biographical Entries: Q/R 259
XVIII Biographical Entries: S 273
XIX Biographical Entries: T 295
XX Biographical Entries: U/V 317
XXI Biographical Entries: W/X/Y/Z 319
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viii Contents
XXII Instruments 345
XXIII Record Labels 353
XXIV Reference Sources 391
XXV Regional Variations 397
XXVI Lyric Transcriptions and Musical Analysis 421
Author Index 423
Preface
This volume is intended as a supplement to A Blues Bibliog- Many new names have been added to this supplement;
raphy, 2nd ed. (New York: Routledge, 2007), which was itself some of these are performers who have only emerged in the last
an updated edition of a work first published by Paul Pelletier ten years. Where new research has come to light, some relevant
in 1999, the culmination of a project which began in the late artists, who were previously omitted, have now been included.
1980s. The selection criteria for this new volume is the same The text is numbered according to chapter. The chapters
as for both previous editions, with an emphasis on literature are unchanged from the second edition. The biographical en-
on African-American blues artists, and the omission of writ- tries (again, as in previous editions, providing the bulk of the
ings on both blues/rock musicians and on soul singers. The text) are subdivided alphabetically (BA, BB, etc.). The author
subtitle ‘The International Literature of an Afro-American index refers to these numbered entries rather than to the page
Music Genre’, omitted from the second edition, has been re- number. In addition to the new entries, covering material pub-
instated (albeit in a slightly amended form). The main pur- lished between 2006 and 2017, amendments and corrections
pose of this supplement is to include literature published since to entries previously listed in the second edition have been
the second edition’s 2006 cut-off date, up to and including included; amended items are indicated by an asterisk at the
2017. A number of book titles published in 2018 have also end of the entry. In line with the second edition, I have also
been included. In addition to books, journal articles have been included some incomplete but useful references which are
included, as have academic theses and dissertations. Relevant grouped together at the end of chapter sections. Obituaries
book chapters and encyclopedia entries have been included; have been separated from the other entries – where no author
in cases where access has been limited to ebooks, page num- is acknowledged (or the reference is incomplete), these too
bering has been omitted. The coverage of album liner notes is have been condensed. The overall size of the work has been
selective and only material considered to be unique or particu- reduced by cross-referencing; these references lie at the end
larly significant has been included. Newspaper articles have of each entry – a cross-reference does not necessarily mean a
been included but news reports have been omitted. Album, secondary citation and readers are advised to follow up these
book and concert reviews have also been omitted, except in entries. For the sake of brevity, reference to some individuals
the case of feature reviews. Websites have not been included, connected with record labels, e.g. Don Robey, have been cited
although weblinks to The Red Saunders Research Founda- under the label concerned – in each case, a cross-reference has
tion, which appeared in the second edition, have been revised been provided under their name. This avoids duplication and
and listed in this supplement. With regard to journal coverage, again reduces the size of the entire work.
emphasis has been placed on indexing the main specialist US This is not a comprehensive listing, but I hope that it
and European titles published between 2006 and 2017 (see proves useful in locating information on the subject.
the list below). Where possible (i.e. where access to relevant If readers wish to contact me with further information,
titles has been available), journal coverage has been updated. then I am contactable via the publisher or via email (rford5@
Access to relevant digital resources over the last ten years has tinyworld.co.uk).
enabled the indexing of journals that were previously unavail- Robert Ford
able for examination. October 2018
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