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