Abbey, John, 257
Abbott, Lynn, 397
ABC/Dunhill Records, 356
ABC-Paramount Records, 394
Abner, Ewart, 75
“Above a Whisper,” 260n52
Abrahams, Bernard, 106
“Abyss,” 260n53
Ace Records, 307, 312, 397n12, 398n19, 398n25, 403
Aces, The, 22–23, 30, 39, 41, 92, 105
Ackers, Graham, xix
Acon, Eddie, 259n20
Adams, A.D., 373
Adams, Doctor JoJo, 65, 71, 91nn3–4, 91n11
Adams, Joe, 363
Adams, Marie, 364
Adins, George, x
Advent Records, 23
Adventures in Babysitting (movie), 345
“After Hours,” 171n7
Age Records, xvi
“Ala Carte,” 66
Albert Collins and the Collinaires, 350
Ali, Tila, 427
“All Around the World,” 410
Allen, Lee, 391
Allen, Leonard, 91n9
Alley Records, 258n2
Alligator Records, 345, 356–57
“All My Love Belongs to You,” 405
“All Night Long Blues,” 316, 318, 321
All Stars, The, 107
“All Your Love,” 40
“Alright, Buddy,” 121
Alton Crusaders, The, 259n18
American Folk Blues Festival (AFBF), xvi, xx, 92, 103–4, 105n1, 325
American Negro Folk Songs, ix
AMFPR Records, 400n34
“Am I Blue?,” 269
Amsterdam News, 344n4
Anderson, Bob, 60
Anderson, Dr. Christine, 404
Anderson, Ivie, 426
Anderson, Marion, 236
Ann Arbor Blues Festival (Ann Arbor, MI), 153, 325
Apollo Theater (New York, NY), 33, 38, 56, 96–97, 240, 251–52, 260n50, 301, 366, 383, 422
“Apple Tree,” 140
Aquarius (Hastings, UK), 361
Arcade Theater (Detroit, MI), 164, 166
Arch, Cleotis “Big Tiny,” 348–49
Archie Bell and the Drells, 351
Argo Records, 433
Arhoolie Records, xx, xxii, 64n12, 325
Arista Records, 427
Armstrong, Henry, 275
Armstrong, Liny, 316
Armstrong, Louis, 275
“Army Blues,” 318
Arnold, Billy Boy, xxi, 19, 56, 91n10
Arnstein, Harold, 431
Art Ensemble of Chicago, 292
Artettes, The, 232
Ashby, Gill, 88
Atkins, Boyd, 7
Atlantic Records, 10, 91n14, 356, 366
Avalon, Frankie, 366
Baby Face Leroy, 7, 134, 138, 143, 145
Background of the Blues, ix
“Back Home to Mama,” 91n19
“Bacon Fat,” 82
“Bad Boy,” 291
“Bad Breaks,” 328
Bailey, John Mac (aka “St. Louis Red Mike”), 289n5
Baker, LaVern, 160
Baker, Mary, 116
Ballard, Hank (and The Midnighters), 242, 365, 416, 430
Bamboo Key Club, (E. St. Louis, IL), 228
Bankhead, Tommy, xxv
Banks, Kenneth, 64n7
Banks, Malcolm, 308
Barbee, John Henry, 110, 114, 133
Barber, Chris, xvi, 59, 60, 64n15
Bard, Ben, 422
Barner, Juke Boy, 325
Barnes, Earl, 376
Barnum, H.B., 394
Barrelhouse (Los Angeles, CA), 363, 365, 417, 419, 428
Barrelhouse Lounge (Chicago, IL), 19
Barrelhouse Records, 184n3
Bartholomew, Dave, 385, 388, 408
Bass, Fontella, xxv, 219, 222, 232, 257, 259n23, 260n37, 291–303
Battise, Harold, xxvi
Battle, Joe Von, 159
Baum, Wolfie, xvii
BBC Television, 23
Bea and Baby Records, 58, 64n13
Beale Street USA, xvii
“Beale St. Stomp” (Chop Chop Boogie), 91n7
Bear Family Records, 403
Be Bop Club (Chicago, IL), 7
Be-Bop Hall, The (West Memphis, AR), 49
“Bedroom Blues,” 121
“Beer Barrel Polka,” 112
Beige Room (Chicago, IL), 80
Belcher, Calvin, 69
Bell, Jesse, 282
Bell’s Bar (Kenner, LA), 328
Below, Fred, 22, 30–31, 36, 38–40, 92–105
“Be Mine Alone,” 91n18
“Be My Chauffeur,” 186
Bennett, Boyd, 406
Benson, Al, 79, 142, 144, 159, 251
Bentley, William, xxi
Bernard (aka “Fat”), 144
Bernholm, Jonas, 368, 399n29, 400n34, 403
Berry, Chuck, x, xvii, xviii, 41, 80, 88, 201, 220–21, 227, 231, 366
Besman, Bernie, 179
“Bewilered (and Confused),” 158
Bibbs, Sir Oliver, 40
Bienstock, Freddy, 399n30
“Big Apple Swing,” 48
Big Bopper, 349
Big City Four, 206
Big Foot Albert, 197. See also King, Albert
Big Maceo, 141, 162–71, 182, 189, 192, 200
Big Maybelle, 160
Big Mouth, 156
“Big Question, The,” 211, 258n10
“Big Road Blues,” 168
“Big Stick Candy,” 184n2
“Big Ten Inch Record,” 405
Big Three Trio, 101
“Big Town,” 387–89, 398n22, 398n24
Big Walter, 358n6
Billy Riley’s Palace Park (Shreveport, LA), 372
Birdcage, The (St. Louis, MO), 218
Birdlegs and Pauline, 103
“Bird Nest Bound,” 321
Birdsong, Larry, 399n29
Bishop, Elvin, 355
Bishop, Joe, 131
Bishop, Minnie, 131
Bishop, Sam, 131
Black, Bill, 99
Black, Stu, 105n5
Black Albert, 193, 197. See also King, Albert
Black & White Records, 426
Black Bob, 112
Black Bubble, 155
Black Cat, The (Pine Bluff, AR), 182
Black Frank, 130n6
Black Hawk (Detroit, MI), 171n5
“Black Pony,” 307
Black Tank, 338
Black Velvet (Mt. Clemens, MI), 160
Black Willie’s (Osceola, AR), 194
Blackwell, Louis, 81
Blackwell, Willie “61,” 154–55, 158, 182
Blair, Sonny, 53
Blake, Sonny, 53
Blanchard, Edgar, 390
Bland, Bobby, 52, 53, 81, 84, 89, 203–5, 247, 350–51, 353, 356, 399n28
“Blessed Name of Jesus, The,” 277
Blissett, John (aka Al Blounder), 137
“Bloodshot Eyes,” 411
Bloom, Willie, 258n2
Bloomfield, Mike, 355
Bloom’s (Osceola, AR), 198, 257, 258n2
Blue, Leon, 236
Bluebird (Detroit, MI), 171n5
Bluebird Records, 165, 282, 284, 289n4, 289n6, 307, 310
“Blue Danube,” 67
Blue Flame (East St. Louis, IL), 238
“Blue Hawaii,” 371
Blue Heaven (St. Louis, MO), 286
Blue Horizon Records, xxii, xxv
Blue Lake Records, 153, 159, 161
“Blue Monday,” 269
Blue Note Club (East St. Louis, IL), 259n33
Blue Notes, 428
Blues and Gospel Records 1902–1943, xviii, 289nn4–5, 290n10, 319n3, 320
Blues: A Regional Experience, 183n1, 277n1
“Blues, Blues, Blues,” 328
Blues Boogie Woogie Piano Duets and Solos, 13
Blues Classics Records, xxii
Blues DeLuxe, 398n22
Blues Discography 1943–1970, 171n12, 397
Blues Fell This Morning, ix
Blues for Two, 349
Blues Guitar Hero, 3
Blues Live In Japan, 23
Bluesman, The, 91n6. See also Sykes, Roosevelt
Bluesmen, The, 320
Blues People, ix
Blues Records 1943–1966, xix, 44n7, 91n14
Blues Research, ix
Blues Unlimited Records, 325, 330
Bluesway Records, 394
Blues World, 320
Blue Thumb Records, 41, 44n9, 358n7
Board, Sam, 264
Bobbin Records, 224–25, 259n26, 260n43, 291, 298–99, 303nn5–6
“Bobby Sox Baby,” 426
Bo Diddley, x, xvii, xviii, 41, 433
“Body and Soul,” 69
Body Shop, The (Vancouver, Canada), 355
Bolic Sounds studio (Los Angeles, CA), 355
“Bold Soul Sister,” 355
Bonner, Weldon “Juke Boy,” xvi, xx, 325–34
“Boogie at Midnight,” 380, 387, 398n18, 408
Boogie Blues-Women Sing and Play Boogie Woogie, xxi
“Boogie Chillun,” 346
“Boogie Twist,” 144
Boogie Woogie Red, 153, 159, 162, 167, 179, 184n2
Booker, Ollie, 191
Booker T and the MGs, 349, 356
Booker Washington Theater (St. Louis, MO), 270
Boot’s Place (St. Louis, MO), 283
Bootlegger’s Alley (Osceola, AR), 194–95
“’Bout the Break of Day,” 44
“Bowlegged Woman,” 405
Boyan, Sonny, 356
Boyd, Sam, 274
Bracey, Ishman, xxx
Bracken, Jimmy, 145
Bradshaw, Tiny, 387, 398n23, 405
Brandly, Clint, 432
“Brand New Love,” 291
Brensten, Jackie, 50, 190, 206, 209, 212–14, 216–18, 228, 259n31
“Broke and Hungry,” 172, 184n2
Brookmount Hotel (Chicago, IL), 31, 95
Brooks, Elkie, 257
“Broomduster,” 74
Broonzy, Big Bill, ix, xvi, xxii, 109, 130n2, 133–34, 141, 162, 164, 167–68, 289n5, 309–10, 332, 365
Broonzy, Rose Allen, 167
Broven, John, xvi, xvii, xix, xxi, xxiii–xxvi, 361–62, 368
Brown, Andrew, 397
Brown, Bill, 431
Brown, Buster, 241
Brown, Charles, xxx, 332, 362, 364, 396
Brown, Cleo, 389
Brown, Connie, 396
Brown, Elder, 375
Brown, Fanny, 375
Brown, Gatemouth, 332, 344n3, 347, 352
Brown, Gertie, 380
Brown, James, x, 10, 245, 249, 355, 399n28, 413, 416, 422, 429, 432–33
Brown, Lucy Kate, 162
Brown, Nappy, 56, 81, 350, 392
Brown, Piney, 351
Brown, Roy, xxvi, 255–56, 332, 364, 368–99, 404, 408, 411, 415n3
Brown, Ruth, 388
Brown, Shorty, 5
Brown, True Love, 369
Brown, Willie, xxvix, 316–18, 321
Brown, Yancy, 369
Brown Derby (Detroit, MI), 158
Brown’s Bar (Detroit, MI), 165, 177
Bruynoghe, Yannick, ix, xxii, 162
“B.U. Blues,” xxi
BU Booklets, xviii
Buddah Records, 61
Buffalo Booking Agency, 354, 356
Buford, Mojo, 53
Bug Mouth, 156
Bull Moose Jackson (and the Buffalo Bearcats), 404–5
Bullet Records, xvii
Bullock, Anna Mae, 211
Burley, Dan, 344n4
“Burner, The,” 89
Burnette, Dorsey, 399n27
Burnette, Johnny, 399n27
Burrage, Harold, 8
Burton, Aaron, 357
Burton, Larry, 357
Busung, Jane, 259n27
Busy Bee (Helena, AR), 156
Butler, Jerry, 241
Butterfield, Paul, 404
“Buzzard Lope, The,” 224
“Bye Baby Bye,” 398n19
Byrd, Roy, 430
“By the Moon and Stars,” 318, 321
Cadillac Baby, 58
Cadillac Bob, 80
“Caldonia,” 150
Caldwell, Fred, 341
“Call to Quarters,” 139
Calt, Steve, 319n1
Calumet Club (St. Louis, MO), 265, 275, 288
Camarigg, Mark, 4, 308, 335, 345
Candid Records, 333
Can’t Get No Grindin’, 61, 64n17
“Can’t Hardly Keep from Crying,” 327
“Can’t Hold Out Much Longer,” 44n3
“Can’t Let Your Troubles Get You Down,” 328
Cantor, Eddie, 430
Capitol Records, 366, 399n27, 428
Capone, Al, 69
Capone, Ralph, 69
Carr, James, 219, 296, 297, 298
Carrillo Ballroom (Santa Barbara, CA), 366
Carter, Benny, 408
Carter, Bo, 289n6
Carter, Eloise (Eloise Hester), 235, 242, 260n40
Carter, Goree, 333
Carter, Navada, 294
Casba (Detroit, MI), 160
Casbah (Chicago, IL), 8
Caston, Leonard “Baby Doo,” 105n6
Cat Patch (Santa Fe Springs, CA), 395
Cedar Club (Chicago, IL), 7
Champion Records, 283
“Chantilly Lace,” 349
Charles, Frank, 10
Charles, Maceo, 166
Charles, Ray, 103, 228, 250, 294, 363–64, 366, 370, 392
Charles, Thomas “Sunnyland,” 6–7, 12
Charley Patton, 320
Charly Records, 403
Charms, The, 413
Charters, Samuel B., ix, 319n1, 320
“Chase,” 426
Chase Hotel (St. Louis, MO), 297
Chauffeurs Club (St. Louis, MO), 264–65
Chauvard, Marcel, xvii, xxii, 11
Checker Records, 43n2, 44n3, 44n5, 292, 303n1, 307, 415n4, 433
“Checking On My Baby,” 44n7
Chenault, Anthony, 237
Chenier, Clifton, xvi
Chess, Leonard, 29, 35, 57, 72, 97–99, 227, 292, 300–302, 432
Chess Records, xvii, xviii, xxiv, 8, 12, 22, 58, 64n8, 64nn17–18, 66, 72, 75–76, 83–84, 92, 98, 101, 103–4, 105n9, 144–45, 227, 291–93, 299–303, 303n8, 399n34, 416–17, 433
Chicago All Stars, 84
Chicago Blues Band, 84
Chicago Blues Boys, 84
Chicago Blues Stars, 44n9
“Chicago Breakdown,” 168
“Chicago’s Too Much for Me,” 283
Chicken Shack (Memphis, TN), 264–65
“Chicken Shack Boogie,” 364
Chords, The, 365
Chris Barber Presents Jimmy Cotton, 64n16
“Christmas Tears,” 9
Chuck and Al’s (Brooklyn, IL), 297, 300
Chuck’s Corner (Chicago, IL), 146
Chudd, Lew, 391
Churchill, Kenneth, 224
Church’s Park (Memphis, TN), 155
C.J. Records, 64n13
“Clair De Lune,” 364
Clancy, George V., 158
Clapton, Eric, 3
Clark, Dick, 366
Clark, Fred, 74
Clarke, Dee, 8
Claxton, Leon, 295
Clayton, Barbara Jean “Bobbie,” 203
Clearwater, Eddie, 433
Clements, Fred, 216
Clovers, The, 193
Club Alabam (Los Angeles, CA), 363, 417, 431
Club DeLisa (Chicago, IL), 65
Club DeLisa (St. Louis, MO), 218, 229, 237
Club Ebony (Indianola, MS), 297
Club Evergreen (Chicago, IL), 76, 91n7
Club 51 Records, 66, 91n8, 91n18
Club Georgia (Chicago, IL), 140
Club Grenada (Galveston, TX), 372, 374
Club Imperial (St. Louis, MO), 231, 260n36
Club Jamboree (Chicago, IL.), 44n11
Club Morocco (Osceola, AR), 198, 203
Club Oasis (Los Angeles, CA), 331
Club Riviera (St. Louis, MO), 294
Cobbs, Willie, 54
Cobra Records, 40, 44n7, 66, 83–84, 91n17, 101, 105n9, 190, 219–20, 226–28, 259n31
Cohen, Mickey, 228
Cole, Nat “King,” 81, 96, 105n2, 382
Coleman, Joe, 372
Collectors Classics Records, xviii
Collins, Albert (aka Al Jackson), 345–58, 357
Collins, Bootsy, 403
Collins, Rev. Campbell, 346
“Collins Shuffle,” 348
Colman, Stuart, 397
Columbia Records, xxi, 64n16, 84, 415
“Come Back Sugar Mama,” 172
“Coming Home,” 44n7
“Complete This Order,” 58, 68n14
“Conchita,” 112
Connally, John, 339
Connie Records, 399n34
Connors, Gene “Mighty Flea,” 361
Contempo Records, 190, 257, 260n53
Conversation with the Blues, xxii, 283
Cook, Bill, 419
Cool Sounds of Albert Collins, The, 345
Cooper, Lee, 7
Cooperstein, Max, 302
Copeland, Johnny, 345, 350, 358n3
Cordell, Denny, 256
“Cornbread,” 195
Cosmopolitan Hall (East St. Louis, IL), 298, 303n7
Cotillion Records, 10
“Cottage For Sale,” 383
Cotton, Ernest, 7
Cotton, Sylvester, 182
Cotton Club (Chicago, IL—North & South Side), 7, 124
“Cotton Crop Blues,” 45, 53, 64n7
“Cotton Seed Blues,” 45
“Cottontail,” 69
Couch, Robert “Bones,” 253
Count Basie, 7, 362–63, 365–66, 425
Coun-Tree Records, 259n33
Country Blues, The, ix
Counts, The, 160
Cowboy Copas, 406
“Cow Cow Blues,” 15
“Crawling King Snake,” 139
Cray, Robert, 345
Crayton, Pee Wee, xxiv, 66, 386
Creath, Charlie, 274
Cristy, June, 105n2
Crowley, Louisiana Blues, xviii
Crown Propeller (Chicago, IL), 65, 81–82, 88
Crown Records, xvii
Crows, The, 365
Crudup, Arthur “Big Boy,” 142, 307–14
Crying for the Carolinas, xxiii
Crystal Bar (Detroit, MI), 165
Crystal Records, 413
Curtis, James “Peck,” 48, 155–57
Daddy Stovepipe, 110
Dago Hill (Detroit, MI), 171n5
“Dallas Blues,” 364
Dan Burley’s Original Handbook of Jive, 344n4
Daniels, Larry “Spider,” 356
Daniels, Walter, 376
“Darkest Hour, The,” 260n45
Darnell, Larry, 82
Dave Carey’s Swing Shop, xx
Davers, Rayfield, 237
Davis, Billy, 393
Davis, Burdette, 102
Davis, Cyril, xvii
Davis, Eddie “Lockjaw,” 410
Davis, Tiny, 20
Davis, Tyrone, 9
Davis, Walter, 189, 192, 282, 284–85, 288, 289n6
Dawkins, Jimmy, xxiii
Dean, Andrew, 262
Dean, David, 348
Dean, Rev. Joseph Hensky (aka “Joe Dean from Bowling Green”), xxvi, 261–77, 281
“Death Valley,” 307
Decca Records, 130n1, 284, 342, 405, 415n1
Dee, Johnny, 6
Dee Clarke Show, 9
“Deep Blues,” 336
“Deep Sea Diver,” 398n19
Delgarde, Mario, 428
Dell, Mamie, 393
Dells, The, 84
Delmark Records, 22
Delta Country Blues, xix
De Luxe Records, 159, 364, 369, 375–76, 379–80, 382, 385, 387, 397nn11–12, 398nn18–22, 398n24, 413, 415n3
Denson, Ed, xviii
Deshay, James, xxv
“Detroit Blues,” 192
Devil’s Music, The, 23
Dew Drop Inn (Chicago, IL), 119, 141
Dew Drop Inn (Minden, LA), 175
Dew Drop Inn (New Orleans, LA), 374–75
Dew Drop Inn (Pontiac, MI), 186
Dick Clark Show, 393
“Dinah,” 274
Dipsey Doodle, The (Osceola, AR), 258n4
Dirty Inn (St. Louis, MO), 286
Discographie Critique Des Meillerrs Disques De Jazz, ix
Distance (Osceola, AR), 193–94, 197
Dixon, Dave, 212, 224, 258n12, 399n29
Dixon, Floyd, 364
Dixon, Robert M.W., xviii, 317, 319n1
Dixon, Tyrelle, 167
Dixon, Willie, 22, 29, 40, 101, 104, 226, 415n4
Dobard, Jeanne, 398n16
Dobard, Ray, 398n16
Dobell’s Record Shop, xx
Doc Terry, 259n16
Doctor Clayton, 309
Document Records, 315
“Doing for Jesus,” 344n2
Dolls, The, 348
Domino, Fats, x, xv, 366, 384, 391
“Don’t Fall in Love with Me,” 410
“Don’t Jump,” 292
“Don’t Lose Your Cool,” 350
“Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing,” 292, 300–301
“Don’t Take It So Hard,” 412
“Don’t Take My Blue Day Away,” 268
“Don’t Want No Woman,” 203
Doris Miller Auditorium (Austin, TX), 336, 340
“Dorothy Baker,” 284
Dorsey, Lee, 9
Dorsey, Tommy, 347
“Do Something for Me,” 431
“Double Crossing Blues,” 416, 418–21
Downbeat, x
Down Beat (New Orleans, LA), 377–79
“Down in the Bottom,” 221
“Down in the Valley,” 248, 260n46
“Down on Bending Knees,” 350, 358n3
“Down on the Levee,” 283
Dranes, Earl, 120
DRA Records, 399n34
“Dreaming of You,” 260n40
Dr. Hepcat (aka Albert Lavada Durst), 335–44
Dr. Horse Records, 403
“Drown In My Own Tears,” 260n46, 364, 407
Duke Ellington Band, 410
Duke Records, xviii, 12, 84, 91n20, 358n2, 364
Dukes, Joe, 66
Duncan, Adolph (aka Billy, aka Eddie), 206, 212, 238
Dundes, Alan, 344n4
Dunson, Johnnie Mae, 12, 121, 130n3
Dupree, Champion Jack, xvi, 409
Dupree, Lucille, 409
“Dupree Blues,” 318
“Dying Flu,” 350
Dynaflow Inn (St. Louis, MO), 258n12
Eagland, Dave, 72
Earthworms, The, 291
“East Chicago Blues,” 282
Ebony Lounge (Chicago, IL), 145
Eckstine, Billy, 372, 382–83, 397n4, 408
Eddie “Coot” Lewis Combo, 372
Edick, George, 231, 232, 260n36
Edmonds, Elgin, 30, 31, 55, 56, 64n10, 95, 100
Edwards, Charles, 40
Edwards, J.D., 333
El Vido (Detroit, MI), 165–66, 171n5
Elam, Jack, 212
Elam, Robert “Big Mojo,” 57, 64n11
“Eleanor Rigby,” 414
Electrician’s Hall (St. Louis, MO), 297
Elk Club (Los Angeles, CA), 382
Ellington, Duke, 69, 123, 336, 363, 365, 386, 411
Ellis, Dorothy, 430
Ellis (Funeral Home), 292, 303n2
Emerson, Billy “The Kid,” xi, 8, 219, 220
EMI Records, 260n52
Erskine, Alfred (aka Alfred Elkins), 134, 136n1
Escott, Colin, 399n31
Essex Music Records, 260n52
Estes, Sleepy John, 162, 171n6
Evans, David, 185
Everett, Betty, 84, 190, 226, 227, 259n31
Everly Brothers, 406
“Every Beat of My Heart,” 430
“Everybody,” 391
“Every Day I Have the Blues,” 285
“Everyday of My Life,” 259n31
Excelsior Records, 362
Exclusive Records, 362
Fabian, 366
“Faded Picture Blues,” 410
Fahey, John, xviii, 317, 319n1, 320
Faith Records, 400n34
Family Inn (Houston, TX), 326–28
Famous Flames, 432
Fancourt, Les, 397
“Fanny,” 408
Fantastic Voyage Records, 344n1
Fat Atlas, 332
“Fat Man, The,” 366
Feather, Will, 137
Federal Records, 8, 10, 190, 258n11, 259nn17–18, 365, 413, 417, 428–33
Fenton and the Castle Rockers, 358n2
Fiddler, Will, 148n2
Fields, Vanetta, 237, 249, 299
5th Avenue Ballroom (Chicago, IL), 119
Fillmore West (San Francisco, CA), 355
Fishman, Ed, 420
Five Blind Boys, The, 193
Five Du-Tones, The, 222
5-4 Ballroom (Los Angeles, CA), 246, 382
Five Masqueraders, The, 224
Flame Show Bar (Detroit, MI), 160, 168–69, 171n5, 171n11, 393
Flame Show Lounge (Chicago, IL), 71–2
Fleming, Jim, 82
Flint Bridge Club (Flint, MI), 177
Flock Rocker, The (Mitchell Hearns), 224
“Flower Song, The,” 67
Flying Fish Records, 13
Flyin’ Lindbergh (Milton Sparks), 290n10
Flynn, Errol, 197
Flyright Records, xxii, 130n4, 259n31, 326, 358n6
Folkstar Records, xviii
“Fool In Love,” 221–22, 233, 240, 245, 259n19, 260n39
Footwarmers, The (aka The Footstompers), 198
“Fore Day in the Morning,” 381, 398n18
Forest City Blues Boys, 53
Forest City Joe (aka Forrest City Joe—Joe Bennie Pugh), 32–34, 157
Forest House Hotel (Detroit, MI), 180
Forrest, Earl, 205
Forrest, Jimmy, 205
Fortune Records, 170
Foster, Curtis, 158
Foster, George, 397n10
Foster, Little Bobby, 225, 259n27
Foster, Little Willie, 135
Foster, Rudy, 317
Foster’s Rainbow Room (New Orleans, LA), 374, 378, 397n10
Foulks, George, 131
Foulks, Tom, 131
Four Aces, The, 160
“4 X 11 = 44,” 282
Four Freshman, The, 105n2
Fox, John Hartley, 403
Foxhole (Chicago, IL), 149
Fox Theater (Brooklyn, NY), 383
Frank, Edward, 391
Franklin, Erma, 88
Franklin, Sammy, 426
Frazier, Calvin, 155, 159, 161
Fred Rooney’s (Detroit, MI), 182
Free & Easy, 344
Free at Last, 410
“Freeze, The,” 345, 348–351, 358n2
Freyer, Winfried, 397
“Friendless Man,” 283
Friendship Records, 395
Frogman Henry, 385
From The Bayou: The Story of Goldband Records, xix
Fuller, Blind Boy, xxix, 174, 181
Fuller, Johnny, 330
“Further On Up the Road,” 351
“Fussin’ and Fightin’ Blue,” 64n3
Gaillard, Slim, 426
Gant, Cecil, 362, 374–76, 397n9
Gant, Jimmie Lee (aka Jimmie Lee Miller), 279, 286, 289n8
Garber, Jan, 426
Gardenias, The, 259n18
Garlow, Clarence, xvii
Garrett, Vernon, 256
Gatewood’s (Chicago, IL), 133–34, 141, 165
Gayles, Billy, 54, 210–13, 216, 223, 234–35, 239, 247, 258n40, 260n40
Gayten, Paul, xxvi, 375–76, 378, 385, 397n11, 408
“Gee,” 365
Geils, J., 356
Genesis Box Sets, xxiv
George York’s Café (Osceola, AR), 194, 198, 204
“Georgia,” 295
Gert Records, 399n34
“Get to Getting,” 354
Gianquinto, Alberto, 60
Gillespie, Dizzy, 61, 69, 417, 426
“Give Me Your Love,” 260n43
Gladys Knight and the Pips, 9
Glass, Paul, xvi
Glenn, Tyree, 411
Globe Trotter Lounge (Chicago, IL), 12
Globetrotters, The, 12
Glory Records, 413
Glover, Henry, 387, 403–16, 431
“God Bless the Child (That Has His Own),” 408
Godrich, John, xviii, 317, 319n1, 319n3, 320
“Goin’ Crazy ‘bout You,” 328
“Going Down Slow,” 192
Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City, 404
Gold Star Records, 332, 380, 398nn19–20
Goldband Records, xvi, xvii, xx, 329
Goldberg’s Tavern (Chicago, IL), 115
Golden Eagle Records, 358n3
Goldsberry, Alvin, 193, 199, 257n1
Golson, Benny, 89
“Gonna Murder My Baby,” 64n6
“Gonna Work Out Fine,” 231, 240, 244
Gonzales, Charles (aka Bobby Prince), 74
“Good Morning Judge,” 411
“Goodnight Irene,” 431
Good Rockin’ Brown, 397n12
“Good Rockin’ Man,” 398n24
“Good Rockin’ Tonight,” 364, 368, 372, 374–80, 382, 388, 390–91, 394, 397n8, 397n11, 397n13, 398n18, 398n26, 399n32, 408
Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll, 399n31
Goodtimers, The, 255
Goodwin, Edna, 262
Goon Show, The, xv
Gordy, Berry, 393
“Got a Break Baby,” 332
Gotham Records, 159
“Got My Mojo Working,” 57
“Got No Place to Run,” 327
“Gotta Find My Baby,” 260n43
“Gotta Have You For Myself,” 225, 259n28
“Got the Blues about My Baby,” 285
“Grandma Plays the Numbers,” 411
Grandpa Jones, 406
Gray, Arvella, 120
Gray, Henry, 162
Gray-Haired Bill (aka Willie Evans), 134, 141–42, 146
Grayson, Miles, 395
Green, Billy, 93
Green, Candy, 397n8
Green, Elisha, 186
Green, Fred, 222
Green, George, 259n17
Green, LC, 172–73, 175–78, 180–83, 184n3, 184n6, 185–86
Green, Lee “Porkchops,” 15
Green, Leler, 186
Green, Murray, 259n17
Green, Silas, 301
Green, Wiley, 46
“Green Onions,” 349
Greensmith, Bill, xv, xxv, xxvii, 10, 23, 42, 44, 46–47, 66, 90, 93–94, 98, 104, 129, 147, 172–74, 190–91, 293–94, 332, 367, 399n29, 417
Greer, Sonny, 411
Gregory, Dick, 300
Grey, Henry, 39
Griffin, Jimmy, 386
Griffin, Marie, 317
Griffin Brothers (Buddy and James), 387, 398n23
“Grinder Blues,” 285
Griswold, Art, 183
“Guess Who?,” 410
Guralnick, Peter, 433
Gusto Records, 403
Guy, Buddy, xi, xvii, xviii, xx, 3, 5, 10, 92, 102–3, 105, 190, 226–27
Hadley, Bob, 56
Haines, Cooder, 138
Hall, Bob, 315
Hallaburg, Charles, 34
Hall Records, 349
Hambone, 53
Hammond, John, 415
Hampton, Lionel, 69
“Hands Off,” 297
H&T (Chicago, IL), 165
Handy Theatre (Memphis, TN), 253
Hanover Books, xxvi
Happy Home (Chicago, IL), 8
“Hard Hearted Woman,” 91n19
“Hard Luck Blues,” 386–87, 393, 398nn22–23, 399n30, 409
“Hard Road, A,” 44n10
Harlem Club (Brooklyn, IL), 219, 297
Harlem Inn (Detroit, MI), 157
Harlem Matinee (radio show), 363
Harnett, Geep, 414
Harrell, Sandy, 260n39
Harrell, Vern, 296
Harris, Eddie (aka Country Paul, Carolina Slim), 415n5
Harris, Wynonie, 71, 374–75, 377–79, 385, 391, 397n13, 398n17, 408, 411
Harrison, Dave, 414
Harrover, Tom, 137
Harry’s Bar (Detroit, MI), 178
Hassett, Walter, 108
“Hastings Street Boogie,” 184n3
“Hattie Green,” 338, 341, 344n1
“Haunted House, The,” 330
“Have You Ever Loved a Woman,” 8, 10
Hawkins, Coleman, 69
Hawkins, Martin, 399n31
Hayes, Henry, 348
Hearns, Mitchell (aka Gabriel), 224, 259n20, n25
“Hearts of Stone,” 413
Heath, Ted, 105n2
Heath Records, 318
Heatwave (Chicago, IL), 7
Helfer, Erwin, 13
Helm, Levon, 404
“Hen Cackle, The,” 46
Henderson, Arthur, 289n7
Henderson, Herbert, 348
Henderson, Joe, 88
Henderson, Robert “Hindu,” 79, 81
Hendrix, George, 308
Hendrix, Jimi, 352
Hepcat Band, The, 341
“Hepcat’s Boogie,” 341–42, 344n1
Herzog studio (Cincinnatti, OH), 405
Hess, “Papa,” 429
“Hey, Jude,” 415
Hi Hat (Chicago, IL), 124
Hibbler, Al, 56
Higgins, Red, 73
Highroller, Tom, 148n1
Highway 51 Records, xxii
“Highway 61 Blues,” 283
Hill, Charles, 182
Hill, Gladys “Gigi,” 351, 358n5
Hill, Harvey, 182
Hill, Henry, 430
Hill, Raymond, 54–55, 209, 212–13, 216, 221–22, 226, 236, 238, 247, 259n14, 259n18
Hinds Farm (Toledo, OH), 181
Hines, Earl, 397n4
Hippodrome, The (Memphis, TN), 55
Hodge, Tommy, 189–91, 210, 214, 223, 226, 235, 259n13
“Hold Me In Your Arms,” 53, 64n7
Hole in the Wall (St. Louis, MO), 286
Holiday, Billie, 408
Holiman, “Sweetheart,” 349
Holliday, Billie, 80
Hollins, Tony, 139
Holloway, Red, xxiii, 65–91, 93
Hollywood Henderson, 343
Hollywood Records, xvii
Hollywood Rendezvous (Chicago, IL), 33–34, 98, 105n4
Holt, Roosevelt, xx
Holtzman, Abe, 14
Home of the Blues Records, 393, 399n29, 399n31
Homesick James, xvi, xxi, xxiii, 18–19, 27, 133, 136n1, 145–46
“Honey Bee,” 291
“Honeydripper, The,” 362, 405, 415n2, 426. See also Sykes, Roosevelt
“Hoochie-Coochie Man,” 76
Hooker, Earl, xvi, 4, 27–28, 40, 199, 220
Hooker, John Lee, x, xviii, xx, xxii, 161, 181, 346–47, 404, 407
Hooks, Johnny, 159
Hopkins, Lightnin’, 5, 332–33, 346, 354
Hopkins, Linda, 427
Horne, Lena, 426
Horton, Big Walter “Shakey,” 54, 83, 91n19, 126
“Hot and Cold,” 350
“Hot Box,” 318
“Hot Nuts,” 73
“Hot Rod,” 74
Hound Dog Taylor, 312
House, Son, xviii, xxi, xxvix, 315–21
Houston, Charley, 280
Houston Ghetto Blues, 358n6
Howard, Camille, 384
Howard, Johnny, 182
Howard, Paul, 415n5
Howard Theater (Washington D.C.), 240, 383
Howlin’ Wolf, x, xi, xvii, xviii, 45, 47, 51–53, 64n8, 65, 77–78, 96, 123, 130, 132, 135, 155–56, 183, 194, 204, 356, 433
“How Many More Years,” 204
Hubert, L.C., 64n5
Hudson, George, 300
Huggins, Cilla, xxv, xxvi, 189–91, 345–46
Hughes, Joe, 350
Hunt, Tommy, 257
Hunter, Ivory Joe, 82, 91n14, 367, 395, 406, 410
Huntin’ with Hunter (radio show), 363
Hurd, Robert, 177
Hurt, “Mississippi” John, xi, xviii, xxix
Hutton, Bobby, 301
Huyton, Trevor, xxii
“I Apologize,” 383
“I Believe I’ll Make a Change,” 282
“I Can’t Believe,” 260n41
“I Can’t Go On Without You,” 405
“I Can’t Say It,” 184n3
Ice Pickin’, 345
Icky Renrut, 190, 230, 259n34, n35
“I Cried Last Night,” 342
“I Don’t Hurt Anymore,” 291, 300
“If I Get Lucky,” 307
“If I Never Had Known You,” 258n11
Iglauer, Bruce, 357
“I Got My Passport,” 325
“(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle,” 370
“I Gotta Gal,” 74
“I Had A Woman She Loving Everyway To Me,” 178
I Hear You Knockin’: The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, 399n29
Ike and Tina Turner Revue Live, 260n46
Ikettes, The, 232, 235, 244–45, 249, 255, 260n47, 299
“I Know,” 251
“I Know Shes Gonna Jump and Shout,” 48
“I Live Where the Action Is,” 327
“I’ll Send My Ship Along at Today’s Funeral,” 406
“I’ll Weep No More,” 259n31
“I Love the Man,” 291
“I Love You, Yes I Do,” 405
“I’m Black and I’m Proud,” 325
“I’m Gonna Play the Honky Tonks,” 364
“I’m Hurting,” 260n40
Imperial Records, 345, 354–55, 366, 391, 399n27
Imperials, The, 222
“I’m Satisfied,” 303n1
“I’m So Tired of Being Lonley,” 248
“I’m Tore Down,” 9
“I’m Tore Up,” 258n11
“I’m Waiting Just for You,” 405
“Ina Blues,” 285
“I Need Somebody,” 303n1
“I Need You,” 260n40
Innis, Louis, 411
Innis Records, 260n43
Inspirations, The, 348
Intermedia Records, 400n34
In The Groove Boys, The, 193–94, 198, 257n2
“In the Wee Midnight Hours,” 338
“Irish Washerwoman,” 112
“I’ve Got a Woman,” 370
“I’ve Got the Last Laugh Now,” 387, 398n24
“I Want To Marry You,” 260n41
“I Wonder,” 362, 374–75, 397n9
“I Wonder If You Know How It Is,” 328
Jack in the Box (Los Angeles, CA), 331
“Jackrabbit,” 190, 230, 259n34
Jackson, Benjamin, 415n2
Jackson, Chuck, 9, 235, 241, 257
Jackson, Lil’ Son, 332
Jackson, “Little” George, 179–80, 184n2
Jackson, Mahalia, 276
Jamboree (Chicago, IL), 134, 146
James, Elmore, xvi, xviii, xxii, xxvi, 4, 7, 20, 40, 51, 92, 96, 124, 157, 181, 310–13
J&C Records, 407
Jazzland (Chicago, IL), 274–75
Jazz Monthly, x
Jazz Statistics, x
Jazzville (Chicago, IL), 40
“Jealous Heart,” 410
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, xxix, 316
Jefferson, “Little” Walter, 194, 198–200, 203
“Jenny, Jenny,” 203
Jewel-Paula Records, 292
“Jim Dandy,” 238
Jimmy Smith Club (Los Angeles, CA), 355
“Jingle, Jangle, Jingle,” 397n2
Jives of Dr. Hepcat, 335, 343–44
JOB Records, 130n5, 136n1, 144
Joe Denim (James Cotton), 61
Joe Kirby’s Planation (Claxton, MS), 316
Joe Louis Restaurant (Detroit, MI), 180
Joe Lyons Café, xxvii
John, “Little” Willie, 250
John Edwards Memorial Foundation, 319
John Roberts and the Hurricanes, 351
Johnny Ace, 205, 351, 364, 399n28
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers, 362
Johnny Otis Orchestra, 430
Johnny Otis Show, 361, 366, 395
Johnny Otis Show Live at Monterrey!, 399n32
Johnny Otis Talent Show, 331
Johnson, Arthur, 279
Johnson, Buddy, 372, 397n4, 405
Johnson, Donald, 428
Johnson, Ed, 258n4
Johnson, Eddie, 274
Johnson, Guy, ix
Johnson, Hop, 15
Johnson, Ike and Dee Dee, 260n43
Johnson, James “Rabbit,” 180
Johnson, Jesse, 265–66, 271, 273, 276, 383
Johnson, Jimmy, 8
Johnson, Joe, 373
Johnson, Johnnie, 220
Johnson, Lonnie, xvi, 15, 26, 28, 141, 309, 406–10
Johnson, Robert, 156–57, 174, 365
Johnson, Ron, 250
Johnson, Stacy, 219, 248, 260n46
Johnson, Willie, 51
Johnson’s Garage (West Memphis, AR), 154
“Jole Blonde,” 406
Jones, Bill, 88
Jones, Bobby, 41
Jones, Casey, 357
Jones, Deacon, 375
Jones, Eddie, 209, 212–14, 234, 239
Jones, Hattie, 107
Jones, Joe, xxvi
Jones, Leroy, ix
Jones, Little Johnny, 162, 167, 169
Jones, Max, x
Jones, Robert, 130
Journal of the Blues Appreciation Society, The, xvii
Joyce Records, 259n20
“Judgment Day,” 145
“Juke,” 20, 32, 44n3, 95, 122, 131
Juke Blues, xxvi
Juke Boy Bonner, 326
Juke Boy Bonner: The One Man Trio, 326
Jukebox Lil Records, 403
Jukes, The, 39
“Jumpin’ at Cadilac,” 58, 64n13
“Jump Sister Bessie,” 44n7
“Junior’s Wail,” 44n5
Just Jazz, xxii
“Just Tryin’ to Please You,” 255
JVB Records, 161, 172, 184nn2–3
Kangaroo Records, 348
Kansas City Red, 7
KATZ Radio, (St. Louis, MO), 212, 224, 258n12, 298, 303n5
“K.C. Loving,” 430
“Keep On Loving Me,” 40
“Keep What You Got,” 117
Kelly, Willie, 282. See also Sykes, Roosevelt Kenny, Bill, 431
Kent, Don, xviii
Kenton, Stan, 426
Kent Records, 259n46
KFFA Radio (Helena, AR), 46
“Kid Man Blues,” 168
Kid Riviera, 19
King Bee, 351
King Biscuit Time (aka King Biscuit Hour, King Biscuit Show), 46, 157, 161, 311
King Kolax, 7
King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records, 403
King Records, 3, 8, 144, 159, 184n2, 258n11, 369, 379, 385–88, 392, 397n13, 398nn21–23, 398n25, 399n30, 403–5, 407–8, 413–14, 415n1, 426, 429, 430–33
King, Albert (Albert Nelson), 52, 55, 64n4, 189, 192–94, 195, 197–200, 207, 209, 212, 219, 248, 258n5, 296, 299, 358
King, B.B., xvi, xvii, xxxi, 6, 8, 10, 40–41, 52, 66, 81, 183, 203, 205–8, 223, 297, 301, 331, 347, 351, 355–56, 376, 381, 399nn28–29, 409
King, Ben E., 241
King, Freddie, 3–12, 57, 347, 403–4, 433
King, Henry, 426
King, Leon, 5
King, Maurice, 393
Kingsbury’s (Madison, IL), 218
Kitty Kat (Chicago, IL), 6–7, 139–40, 145
Kizart, Willie, 51, 206, 217, 260n36
Klatzko, Bernard, xviii
KLCN Radio, (Blytheville, AR), 207
Knight, Jesse Junior, 212–13, 217, 225, 236–40
Knowling, Ransom, 169
Knox, Buddy, 391
Koester, Bob, xviii
Koret’s Smokehouse Lounge (Houston, TX), 333
Korner, Alexis, 60
KOSE Radio, (Osceola, AR), 207
Kotschack, Jan, 397
Krupa, Gene, 93
KWEM Radio, (West Memphis, AR), 49
Kyser, Kay, 397n2