Gayle Dean Wardlow Bibliography

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. Really! The Country Blues. USA: Origin Jazz Library OJL-2, c1962.

-Klatzko, Bernard; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. The Immortal Charlie Patton, 1887–1934. Number 2: 1929– 34. USA: Origin Jazz Library OJL-7, 1964. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, by Gayle Dean Wardlow, pp. 18–33. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998. Reprinted as notes with Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton. USA: Revenant 212, 2001.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. Country Blues Encores. USA: Origin OJL-8, c1965.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Mysteries in Mississippi.” Blues Unlimited no. 30 (Feb 1966): 10. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 110–111. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Legends of the Lost. Pt. 1.” Blues Unlimited no. 31 (Mar 1966): 3–4; “Pt. 2.” Blues Unlimited no. 34 (Jul 1966): 3; “Pt. 3.” Blues Unlimited no. 35 (Aug 1966): 3; “Pt. 4.” Blues Unlimited no. 36 (Sep 1966): 7. Reprinted in Back Woods Blues, ed. S.A. Napier, pp. 25–28. Oxford: Blues Unlimited, 1968. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 126–130. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Evans, David. The Mississippi Blues, 1927–1940. USA: Origin OJL-5, 1966.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Son House (Collectors Classics, 14: Comments and Additions).” Blues Unlimited no. 42 (Mar/Apr 1967): 7–8.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Roche, Jacques. “Patton’s Murder: Whitewash? or Hogwash?” 78 Quarterly no. 1 (Autumn 1967): 10–17. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 94–100. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “King Solomon Hill.” 78 Quarterly no. 1 (Autumn 1967): 5–9. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 2–7. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “La Dell Johnson Remembers His Brother Tommy .…” 78 Quarterly no. 1 (Autumn 1967): 63–65. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 106–110. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Leadbitter, Mike; Evans, David; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Nehi.” Alley Music 1, no. 2 (1st Quarter 1968): 5.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Luther and Percy: The Huff Brothers.” Blues Unlimited no. 56 (Sep 1968): 4, 6. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 112– 114. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Highway 80 Blues.” Blues Unlimited no. 66 (Oct 1969): 12–13. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 115–117. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Memphis City Directory Blues.” Blues Unlimited no. 68 (Dec 1969): 16–17. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, -Leadbitter, Mike; Wardlow, Gayle. “Canton Mis’sippi Breakdown.” Blues Unlimited no. 91 (May 1972): 5–10. Reprinted in Blues Unlimited no. 144 (Spring 1983): 5–8. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, by Gayle Dean Wardlow, pp. 159–169. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “The Story of Charley Booker: Greenville Smokin’.” Blues Unlimited no. 99 (Feb/Mar 1973): 12. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 73–74. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle. John Lee: Down at the Depot. USA: Rounder 2010, 1974.

-Wardlow, Gayle. “Down at the Depot: The Story of John Lee.” Blues Unlimited no. 113 (May/Jun 1975): 12–13. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 81–85. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. Bullfrog Blues. USA: Mamlish S.3809, 1979.

-Kent, Don; Conte, Pat; Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Olsson, Bengt. Barefoot Bill’s Hard Luck Moan. USA: Mamlish S-3812, 19

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Bitchin’ Boogie: An Open Letter to Blues Fans.” Blues Unlimited no. 140 (Spring 1981): 39.81.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Garfield Akers & Mississippi Joe Callicott: From the Hernando Cottonfields.” Living Blues no. 50 (Spring 1981): 26–27. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 118–124. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “A Quick Ramble with Ramblin’ Thomas, Jesse Thomas, Will Ezell, Bessie Tucker, Elzadie Robinson and Texas Talent Scouts, R.T. Ashford and the Kendle Brothers.” Blues Unlimited no. 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981): 14–15. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 63–69. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Got Four, Five Puppies, One Little Shaggy Hound.” Blues Unlimited no. 142 (Summer 1982): 4–11. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 45–60. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “He’s a Devil of a Joe.” Blues Unlimited no. 146 (Autumn/ Winter 1984): 16–20. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, by Gayle Dean Wardlow, pp. 170–180. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Can’t Tell My Future: The Mystery of Willie Brown.” Blues Unlimited no. 147 (Spring 1986): 6–9. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 181–190. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “The Two Browns.” Blues Unlimited no. 147 (Spring 1986): 9.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “One Last Walk Up King Solomon Hill.” Blues Unlimited no. 148/149 (Winter 1987): 8–12. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 208–218. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998. -Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle. King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton. Newton: Rock Chapel, 1988. 341 pp.

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle. “The Greening of the Delta Blues,” in King of the Delta Blues, pp. 98–100. Newton: Rock Chapel, 1988. Reprinted in Write Me a Few of Your Lines, ed. S. Tracy, pp. 279–281

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Anatomy of a ‘Race’ Label. Pt. 1.” 78 Quarterly no. 3 (1988): 9–23; “Pt. 2.” 78 Quarterly no. 4 (1989): 9–30; “Pt. 3: The Buying and Selling of Paramounts.” 78 Quarterly no. 5 (1990): 7–24; “Pt. 4: The Advent of Arthur Laibly.” 78 Quarterly no. 6 (1991): 8–26; “Pt. 5: Paramount’s Decline and Fall.” 78 Quarterly no. 7 (1992): 7–29.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “‘Big Foot’ William Harris.” 78 Quarterly no. 3 (1988): 45–48.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Six Who Made Recorded History (1926–1935).” 78 Quarterly no. 5 (Autumn 1990): 93–96. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 70–72. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Calt, Stephen; Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Paramount. Pt. 4: The Advent of Arthur Laibly.” 78 Quarterly no. 6 (1991): 8–26.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Searching for the Robert Johnson Death Certifi cate.” Blues Revue Quarterly no. 6 (Fall 1992): 26–27. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 86–90. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “The Talent Scouts: H.C. Speir (1895–1972).” 78 Quarterly no. 8 (1994): 11– 33.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Henry ‘Son’ Sims: ‘Farrell Blues Mama, Sho’ Don’t Worry Me’.” 78 Quarterly no. 9 (c1995): 11–20. Work, John W. III. “Henry ‘Son’ Sims,” in Lost Delta Found, p. 118. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2005.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Ten Most Played Blues 78s.” Victrola and 78 Journal no. 6 (Summer 1995): 50–51.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Knocking on Doors for 78s.” Victrola and 78 Journal no. 9 (Summer 1996): 9–14. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 10–16. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Robert Johnson: New Details on the Death of a Bluesman.” Guitar Player 30, no. 11 (Nov 1996): 29, 32. Reprinted in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 91–93. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Sonny Boy Williamson.” Blues & Rhythm no. 115 (Christmas 1996): 16.

-Wardlow, Gayle; Komara, Edward M (ed.). Chasin’ That Devil Music: Searching for the Blues. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998. 271 pp.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Bukka White: From Aberdeen to Parchman,” in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 101–104. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998. -Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Blind Roosevelt Graves (1909–1962),” in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 191– 195. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Stop, Look, and Listen at the Cross Road,” in Chasin’ That Devil Music, pp. 196–206. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1998.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Notes on the Early Recorded Blues of Birmingham,” in Spirit of Steel, ed. A. Green. Birmingham, Al: Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark/Crane Hill, 1999.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Where Were You Forty Years Ago: The Summer of 1963.” Living Blues no. 169 (Sep/Oct 2003): 16–17.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Recording the Blues in Mississippi and the South, 1923–1940.” Blues & Rhythm no. 192 (Sep 2004): 8–12.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Dead Cat on the Line.” Blues & Rhythm no. 197 (Mar 2005): 10–11.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. "Robert Johnson: 'Living Hard, Dying Young - 1938'." Blues & Rhythm no. 236 (Feb 2009): 14-16; "Part Two: 'The Last Fair Deal Gone Down - 1938'." Blues & Rhythm no. 237 (Mar 2009): 4-8.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Swinton, Paul. “Ed Bell - Barefoot Bill - Sluefoot Joe.” The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual no. 2 (2011): 113– 114.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Eagle, Bob; Swinton, Paul; Cohn, Larry; Berresford, Mark. “Who’ll Be A Witness? Part One.” The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual no. 2 (2011): 69.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Earnie Oertle: San Antonio- Bound with Robert Johnson.” Living Blues no. 220 (Aug 2012): 70– 72. Reprinted as “Ernie Oertle: San Antonio Bound with Robert Johnson.” The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual no. 3 (2013): 112– 114.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Meadows, Randy. "Searching for Willie Brown." Living Blues no. 229 (Feb 2014): 66-69.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. Hayes McMullan: Everyday Seem Like Murder Here. USA: Light In The Attic LITA 152, 2017.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. "Harry Charles: Cow Cow Davenport and Wil Ezell." The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual no. 5 (2017): 112.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean. “Henry Stuckey: The Forgotten Father of Bentonia Blues.” Living Blues no. 249 (May 2017): 36– 37.

-Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Conforth, Bruce. Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2019. 336 pp.