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The New Blue Music
Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999
University Press of Mississippi
A study that finds African influences of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form in the top 25 songs from each decade of R&B
Bad Boy of Gospel Music
The Calvin Newton Story
University Press of Mississippi
The prodigal-son biography of a gospel music legend with the voice of an angel and a hell-bent drive toward self-destruction
Hank Williams, So Lonesome
By Bill Koon
University Press of Mississippi
An authoritative separation of myth from fact in the life of the great country music star
Earl Hooker, Blues Master
University Press of Mississippi
The life and early death of a South Side guitar genius, the greatest unheralded Chicago bluesmaker
Africa and the Blues
University Press of Mississippi
A narrative that explores the African genealogy of American Blues
The Johnson Family Singers
We Sang for Our Supper
By Kenneth M. Johnson; Introduction by Charles K. Wolfe
University Press of Mississippi
The story of a family of gospel music stars from the golden age of radio
Roosevelt's Blues
African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR
By Guido van Rijn; Foreword by Paul Oliver
University Press of Mississippi
In blues lyrics of the thirties and forties a reflection of FDR’s influence on Black America
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