CONTENTS

Foreword Tony Russell

Acknowledgments

Introduction Bill Greensmith

Regional Blues Mike Rowe

I.CHICAGO

Freddie King

Jimmy Walker

Louis Myers

James Cotton

Red Holloway

Fred Below

The Old Swing-Masters

Moody Jones

Floyd Jones

Snooky Pryor

Postscript

II.DETROIT

Baby Boy Warren

Big Maceo

Walter Mitchell

LC Green

III.ST. LOUIS

Jimmy Thomas

Joe Dean

Sparks Brothers

Fontella Bass

IV.MISSISSIPPI

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup

Louise Johnson

V.TEXAS

Juke Boy Bonner

Dr. Hepcat

Albert Collins

VI.WEST COAST

Johnny Otis

Roy Brown

VII.RECORD MEN

Henry Glover

Ralph Bass

Index