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INDEX TO BOOK 1.

Savannah Syncopators

Italic indicates extended discussion, or illustrations.

Abu Bakr – Cable, George W. , , , , , acculturation –,  , ,  African retentions , , , , , cantometrics – , , , , , , , , Charters, Samuel B. ,   Congo , ,  Ames, David , , ,  Congo Square , , ,  antiphony ,  Coolen, Michael T.  Asante, Ashanti , , , –, Courlander, Harold , , , , , , , , ,  ,  Asbury, Herbert  Curtin, Philip 

     Bambara , , , ,    Dalby, David , Barry, Boubacar        Dances , , , , Bilali, Salih ,    Donnan, Elizabeth Blesh, Rudi ,              drums , , , , , – , , blue notes , , , ,              , , , – , , , , blues – , , et seq., et seq.,   et seq. Duvelle, Charles ,  blues scale , , , , ,  blues singers –, –, , , – Emmett, Dan ,  Borneman, Ernest  Equiano, Olaudah ,  bushmen ,  Evans, David , , 

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Fulani , , , , , ,  Mahar, William  functions (musical) – Malinke , ,  Mandingo , , , , , , genetics , – , , ,  Glass, Bentley ,  McCormick, Mack ,  griots ( jali) , , , , , , , Merriam, Alan P. , – , –, , ,  minstrelsy , ,  Gullah ,  Murphy, Jeanette R. ,  Myrdal, Gunnar  halam –,  Herskovits, Melville , , , , New Orleans , , , , ,  , , ,  Nikiprowetzki, Tolia , ,  Holloway, Joseph E. , , , Nketia, Kwabena , , ,   horns ,  Ottenheimer, Harriet , 

Islam , , –, ,  Park, Mungo , – Phillips, Ulrich B.  jazz , , , , , , , , physiology , – – pitch , , –,  Jefferson, Thomas  Porter, James A.  Jones, Father A. M. , , , , preachers , ,  ,  Rice, Thomas D.  Keil, Charles  ring shout – Kemble, Fanny  Russell, William  Kirby, Percival R.  Kmen, Henry A. ,  Sachs, Kurt ,  Kubik, Gerhard ,  Sapir, David ,  Kunaal & Sosira , , ,  Sargeant, Winthrop  Schuller, Gunther ,  Lacy, Rubin ,  Senegal, Senegambia , –, , Latrobe, Benjamin ,  , , , ,  linguistics, language , , , , sickle cell gene , – –, ,  slavery , , , , , ,  Lobi , , ,  slave trade , , –, , –, Lomax, Alan  –, , , –, 

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Stampp, Kenneth  vocal technique , , , , , street cries ,  ,  strings (instruments) , , –, von Hornbostel, Erich ,  , , , –, , , , , Voudun, voodoo , ,  , –, , , – Waterman, Richard A. , , , Tallmadge, William  , ,  tribes, peoples –, , , , , West Indies , , , ,  ,  Wilson, Olly ,  tuning  work song , , , , ,  Turner, Lorenzo ,  xylophone, marimba , , , , van der Merwe, Peter ,  ,  Vass, Winifred K. ,  vegetation belts , ,  Zemp, Hugo 

INDEX TO BOOK 2.

Blacks, Whites and Blues

Note: page numbers in italic refer to photographs.

Abney, ‘Peg Leg’ Ben  Baxter, Jim ,  Accooe, –  Bertram, Cuje  Acuff, Roy  Binkley Brothers’ Clodhoppers  Alabama Sheiks  Bird, Billy  Allen, Jules  Blackwell, Francis ‘Scrapper’  Allen Brothers (Austin & Lee) , Blackwell, Willie ‘’  , ,  Blind Blake , ,  Ammons, Albert  Blue Chips, The  Anderson, Charles  Blue Sky Boys, The ,  Anderson, Pink  Boggs, Dock , ,  Anderson, Virgil  Bolick, Bill & Earl see The Blue Sky Anthony, Eddie  Boys Arlen, Harold  Booker, Jim ,  Armstrong, Louis  Bouchillon, Chris , ,  Arnold, James ‘Kokomo’ , , Bracey, Ishman  ,  Broonzy, ‘Big Bill’  Ashley, Clarence ‘Tom’  Brown, Herschel , ,  Autry, Gene ,  Brown, Lew  Brown, Milton , ,  Bailey, DeFord , ,  Brown, Percy  ‘Barbecue Bob’ (Robert Hicks)  Brown, Richard ‘Rabbit’  Baxter, Andrew ,  Brown, Sammy , 

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Brown Bombers Of Swing, The Collins, Uncle Tom   Cox, Bill  Burnett, Chester see ‘Howlin’ Wolf’ Crosby, Bing  Burnett, Dick  Burse, Charlie  ‘Daddy Stovepipe’ ( Johnny Watson) Butler, Sam  ,  Daffan, Ted  Cage, Butch  Dailey, Dusky  Callahan Brothers (Bill & Joe)  Dalton, Frank  Calloway, Cab  Daniels, Julius ,  Campbell, Blind James  Darby, Tom , , ,  Cannon, Gus ,  Davis, Gussie L.  Carlisle, Bill ,  Davis, Jimmie , –, ,  Carlisle, Cliff , , , , DeBerry, Jimmie   Delmore Brothers (Alton & Rabon) Carolina Tar Heels, The   Carr, Leroy ,  Delta Boys, The  Carroll, Tom  Dixon, Dorsey ,  Carson, Fiddlin’ John , , , Dixon Brothers (Dorsey & Howard) ,  ,  Carter Wilf (‘Montana Slim’)  Dorsey, Georgia Tom see ‘Georgia Carter Family, The , , , Tom’  Dorsey, Tommy  Carver Brothers ,  Dresser, Paul  Chatman, Bo ,  Driftwood, Jimmie  Chatman, Lonnie ,  Duncan, Tommy  Chatman, Sam  Dupree, Champion Jack  Chatman, Family ,  Chenier, Clifton  Eaglin, Snooks  Choates, Harry  Elliott, G. H.  Christian, Charlie  Emmett, Dan  Christian, Tom  Evans, Joe  Christy Minstrels, The ,  Evans, John  Clay, Beauford  Everidge, Charley  Clements, Stan  Cole, Bob  Fincher, J. W.  Coleman, Jaybird ,  Ford, Henry 

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Foster, ‘Baby Face’ Leroy  Hutchison, Frank , , , , Foster, Garley   Fuller, Blind Boy , , ,  Jackson, Jim  Jackson, John ,  Ganus, Clarence  Jackson, ‘Lil Son’  Gardner, Robert  James, Skip  ‘Georgia Tom’  Jaxon, Frankie ‘Half Pint’  Gibson, Clifford  Jefferson, Blind Lemon , , Gillum, William ‘Jazz’  , , , , , , Goodman, Benny ,   Grant Brothers (Claude & Jack) Jenkins, Rev. Andrew (‘Blind Andy’)  ,  Guthrie, Woody  Jenkins, Snuffy  Johnson, Blind Willie  Hackberry Ramblers, The  Johnson, Earl ,  Hall, Vera  Johnson, James Weldon  Hanson, William  Johnson, John Rosamond  Harris, Charles K.  Johnson, Lonnie , , ,  Harris, Joe  Johnson, Robert , , ,  Hayes, Nap ,  Johnson, ‘Sleepy’  Helms, Bill  Johnson, Stovepipe  Henderson, Ray  Johnson, Tommy ,  Hendley, Fisher  Johnson Brothers (Charles & Paul) Henry, Waymon ‘Sloppy’   Hicks, Robert see ‘Barbecue Bob’ Jones, Buddy ,  Hines, Earl  Jones, Coley  Hokum Boys, The  Jones, Sam see ‘Stovepipe No. ’ Holcomb, Roscoe  Joplin, Scott ,  Hooker, John Lee ,  Jordan, Louis  Hopkins, Sam ‘Lightnin’  Jordan, Luke  Horton, Walter ‘Shakey’  Justice, Dick  House, Eddie ‘Son’  Howell, Joshua Barnes ‘Peg Leg’ Karnes, Alfred G.  ,  Kelley, James  ‘Howlin’ Wolf’ ,  Kelly, Eddie  Hurt, Mississippi John ,  Kelly, Jack , , , 

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Kentucky Thorobreds, The ,  McTell, Blind Willie , , , Kirby, Fred   Mainer, J. E. ,  Lacy, Rubin  Martin, Asa  Lampe, J. Bodewalt  Martin, Carl ,  Lang, Eddie  Martin, Sara  ‘Leadbelly’ (Huddie Ledbetter) , Marvin, Frankie   Massey Family, The  Leake County Revelers, The  Mayhams, Norridge  LeJune, Iry  Memphis Jug Band, The , , Lenoir, J. B.  ,  Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys ,  ‘Memphis Minnie’  Lewis, Sam M.  Mercer, Johnny  Lewis, Walter ‘Furry’ , , , Miller, Glenn   Ming, Hoyt ,  Lincoln, Charley  Mississippi Sheiks, The , , Louisville Jug Band, The  , ,  Love, ‘Daddy’ John  Mobile Strugglers, The  Lucas, ‘Lazy’ Bill  Monroe Brothers (Bill and Charlie) , ,  Macon, Uncle Dave , , , Montgomery, Eurreal ‘Little , , ,  Brother’  McAuliffe, Leon  Moore, William  McCarn, Dave ,  Moore & Burgess Minstrels, The McClain, Arthur  ,  McClennan, Tommy  ‘Muddy Waters’ (McKinley McClintock, Lil ,  Morganﬁeld)  McCoy, Charlie  McCoy, Joe  Narmour, William T. ,  McCutcheon, Philip (‘Cedar Creek Sheik’)  O’Daniel, Willard Lee ‘Pappy’  McDowell, Fred  Ossman, Vess L.  McFarland, Lestet  McGee, Kirk  Parker, Byron  McGee, Sam ,  Patton, Charley , ,  McGhee, Walter ‘Brownie’ ,  Peer, Ralph  McMichen, Clayton  Peterson, Walter 

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‘Piano Red’ (Willie Perryman)  Shelton Brothers (Bob & Joe)  ‘Pie Plant Pete’ (Claude W. Moye) Skillet-Lickers, The , , ,  , ,  Pierce, Jack  Smith, Clara  Pollard, Brown  Smith, Hobart  Poole, Charlie , , , ,  Smith, Shell W.  ‘Poor Howard’  Smith, ‘Spark Plug’ ,  Prater, Matthew ,  Smith, Trixie  Presley, Elvis  Smith, William & Versey  Puckett, George Riley , , , Spenser, Jim  , ,  Sprague, Carl T.  State Street Boys, The  Rachell, James ‘Yank’  Stokes, Frank ,  ‘Rebel’, ‘Johnny’  Stokes, Theobald ,  Reed, Blind Alfred  Stoneman, Ernest V. , ,  Reeves, Goebel  ‘Stovepipe No. ’ (Sam Jones)  Reneau, George  Stratton, Eugene – Rice, Thomas ‘Daddy’  Stuart, Leslie  Riddles, Leslie  ‘Sweet Papa Stovepipe’  Riverside Ramblers, The see The Sykes, Roosevelt  Hackberry Ramblers Roberts, Dock ,  ‘Tampa Red’ (Hudson Whittaker) Robison, Carson J. ,  ,  Rodgers, Jesse  Tanner, Gid ,  Rodgers, Jimmie , –, , Tarlton, Jimmie , , , , , , , ,   Rorer, Posey  Taylor’s Kentucky Boys  Ross, ‘Doctor’ Isaiah  Temple, Johnnie  Rutherford, Leonard  Terry, Sonny  Thomas, Henry ,  Sapp, Jim  Thomas, Willie ,  Schaffer, Ed  Thompson, Ernest  Schultz, Arnold  Tillman, Floyd  Scott, Sonny  Toomey, Welby ,  Scruggs, Earl  Travis, Merle  Settles, ‘Jazzbo’ Tommy  Truax, Lillian  Shade, Will  Turner, Babe Kyro Lemon 

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Vaughn, Cooney  Watson, Johnny see ‘Daddy Vincson (Vincent), Walter , , Stovepipe’  Weaver, Sylvester  von Tilzer, Harry  Weldon, Will ‘Casey Bill’  West, Kid  Walker, Frank ,  Wheatstraw, Peetie  Walker, Owen  White, Josh ,  Walsh, Dock  Whitter, Henry  Ward, Fields ,  Wills, Bob , , , , , Warren, Robert ‘Baby Boy’   ‘Washboard Sam’ (Robert Brown) Wills, Johnny Lee   Woods, Oscar ‘Buddy’ , ,  Watson, El  Wright Family 

INDEX TO BOOK 3.

Recording the Blues

Italic indicates publications and books, while page numbers in italic indicate men- tion in the graph, and in illustration and illustration captions. Small capitals indicate record label names.

Aeolian Co. ,    sale to   Big Bill see Broonzy, Big Bill - ,    ,   ,    –,  Alexander, Texas ,  takeover by Paramount – American Record Corp. () , Blackwell, Scrapper ,  , , , , , , Blake, Blind , ,  , , , ,  Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) formation / ,  sale to  ,   , , , , , sale to   , , , –, ,   , ,  discontinuation of label name  Blues & Gospel Records –  , , , ,  , , ,  Barbecue Bob , , ,  blues recording: Barker, Blue Lu  decline – Beaman, Lottie see Lottie ﬁrst ,  Kimbrough peak years – Bennett, Buster  blues singing contest ()  Bentley, Gladys  Bogan, Lucille , , 

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Bohee Brothers  Chicago Defender , , , ,    Brockman, Polk ,  Clayborn, Rev. Edward ,    Coleman, Jaybird ,  Broonzy, Big Bill , , , , Collins, Sam , , ,  , , ,   , , , , –, Brown, Lee  , , , , , , Brown, Richard ‘Rabbit’  , , –, , –,  , , , ,  , – discontinuation of label name  bankruptcy ()   race series , , / English Columbia ,  Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. first country blues singer  () , , , ,  first electronic recording  Brunswick Radio Corp. () , OKeh takeover – ,  sale to Grigsby-Grunow ,  sale to  ,  sale to  ,  sale to   D race series  Bumble Bee Slim , , ,  D race series , , , Burks, Pinetop  , , , /,  Burnett, Rev J. C. , , , Columbia Broadcasting System ()  , , ,  Compo Co. ,   , , ,    Cannon, Gus  Consolidated Film Industries () Cannon’s Jug Stompers ,  ,  Carr, Leroy , , , , , country blues recordings, first – ,  Cousins & DeMoss  Carter, Alice Leslie  Cox, Ida , , ,  Carter, Bo , ,  cylinders, record ,  Casey Bill see Weldon, Will CD era – Davis, Joe ,   ,  Davis, Walter , , ,  trademark sale to Decca   , , , –, ,  series see Decca –, –, / Chappelle & Stinnette ( &  Champion  race series ,  )   race series , , –, Chatman, Bo see Carter, Bo , /, 

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dime store labels , , , , New Orleans, LA , , , / , ,  special numbering system  Rock Hill, SC  Dinwiddie Colored Quartet ,  St Louis, MO ,    San Antonio, TX , , , Dorsey, Georgia Tom , , , , , ,   Shreveport, LA  Fisk Jubilee Singers  Easton, Amos see Bumble Bee Slim Fuller, Blind Boy –, , ,      , ,  Edison, Thomas A.  Gaither, Bill ,  electric recording, first  Gant, Ceci   ,  Gates, Rev. J. M. , , , , Estes, Sleepy John  , , , , , , Evans, Joe, & McLain, Arthur  , ,  General Phonograph Co. , , Famous Hokum Boys  , ,  field trips:  , , –, , , Atlanta, GA , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , discontinuation of label name   failure of company  Augusta, GA  first blues record  Birmingham, AL , ,  first electric recording  Charlotte, GA ,  Richmond recording studio complete chart of trips / – Dallas, TX , , , ,  series ,  ,   Electrobeam series – first  Georgia Tom see Dorsey, Georgia Fort Worth, TX  Tom Hattiesburg, MS  Gibson, Clifford  Hot Springs, AR  Goosby, Fannie  Indianapolis, IN  gospel: Jackson, MS  boom , , –, ,  Louisville, KY  decline , ,  Memphis, TN , , , first authentic records  –, , ,  guitar evangelists , , 

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quartets , , ,  Johnson, Robert  sermons with singing, ﬁrst  Johnson, Tommy  Grigsby-Grunow ,  Jones, Richard M.  Gross, Helen ,  Kapp, Jack ,  Hampton, Pete  Kelly, Willie (Roosevelt Sykes) , Handy, W. C. ,   Harris, William  Kildare, Dan ,  Hegamin, Lucille , , , , Kimbrough, Lottie ,  , ,  King, Saunders  Henderson, Fletcher  Henderson, Rosa , , ,  lateral recording, ﬁrst    lateral recordings, dispute over , Hicks, Edna ,   Hicks, Robert see Barbecue Bob Ledbetter, Huddie (Leadbelly)  ‘hill-and-dale’ records ,  Leroy’s Buddy see Gaither, Bill Hokum Boys ,     ,  Holmes, Winston –  (Co.)  Honey Dripper see Sykes, Roosevelt House, Son  McClennan, Tommy ,  Hunter, Alberta , , , , McCoy, Kansas Joe   McCoy, Viola , ,  McGee, Rev. F. W.  Jackson, Papa Charlie ,  McTell, Blind Willie , , , Jackson, Jim ,  ,  James, Frank (Springback) ,  Martin, Daisy , ,  James, Skip  Martin, Sara , ,  Jefferson, Blind Lemon , ,  master pooling  birthday record   , ,     Melrose, Lester , , , , Johnson, Blind Willie , , ,   Memphis Jug Band , , , Johnson, James ‘Stump’  , ,  Johnson, Jesse ,  Memphis Minnie , , , , Johnson, Lil ,  , , , ,  Johnson, Lonnie , , , ,  , ,   Miles, Josie , , 

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Miles, Lizzie ,  Pace, Harry , , , , , Mississippi Matilda see Powell,  Matilda  –, , , , Mississippi Sheiks , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  –, , , , , Montgomery, Little Brother ,  , ,     Black Swan takeover  Moore, Whistlin’ Alex  discontinuation of company  Moss, Buddy  first country blues singers  Muddy Waters , ,  mail order business ,  New York studios close  National Gramophone Co.   race series , –, , Nelson, Sonny Boy  , , ,  New York Recording Laboratories     (Phonograph & Radio Corp.) Nix, Rev. A. W. –,  , ,  Norfolk Jazz Quartet  Pathé-Frères ,  Norfolk Jubilee Quartet , , Patton, Charley  ,  Peer, Ralph , – North American Phonograph Co.  , , , , ,    race series , , / Petrillo, J. C. –, , / Oberstein, Eli  Phillips, Washington ,  O’Connor, George  phonographs, first    Plaza Music Co.   , , , , –, Powell, Matilda  –, –, , , , Pullum, Joe ,  , –, , ,  first blues records –  ,  Race Record Artists’ Ball  takeover by Columbia –, Race records, first use of term  – Race records, first ″   race series –, , , Radio Corporation of America () , , , , /   (Disc Record Co.)  Rainey, Ma , , , , ,   , ,   , , , ,  mystery record 

357 • INDEX TO BOOK 3

  Taggart, Blind Joe , , ,  –, , ,  ,    Tampa Red –, , , , , , , –, , Sampson, Sammy (Big Bill Broonzy) ,   Taylor, Eva ,  Satherley, Arthur E.  Temple, Johnnie , ,  Saunders, Gertrude ,  Saunders, Red  unique Quartette    Sears Roebuck Co. ,        , , , , , , Shade, Will  –, , –, , , Shellac rationing , / , , –, , , , Shepard, Ollie  , ,    ﬁrst blues recordings  Smith, Bessie , , , , litigation with Starr ,  , , , , , , takeover by    V race series  Smith, Clara , , , , V race series , ,  –, / Smith, Mamie –, –, ,  race series , , ,  / Smith, Trixie ,  Vinson, Walter ,  Speir, Henry C. ,   , , , , , Spikes, Johnny and Reb  –, , , , , , Spivey, Victoria –, ,  , , , , , , Stafford, Mary ,  ,    name change to OKeh  Starr Piano Co. , , , ,  race series , , ,  , , , , ,  Stokes, Frank , , ,    Walker, Frank , ,   ,  Wallace, Sippie ,    Warner Bros. Pictures ,  Sykes, Roosevelt , , , , Washboard Sam , , , , ,  

358 • INDEX TO BOOK 3

Waters, Ethel  Williams, J. Mayo , , , Weaver, Curly  , , , –, , , Weldon, Will  ,  Wheatstraw, Peetie , , Williamson, Sonny Boy , ,  ,  White, Bukka Washington  Wilson, Edith  White, Georgia , ,  Wilson, Lena , , ,  White, Joshua ,  Wisconsin Chair Co.  Wilkins, Robert (Tim) ,  Woods, Oscar ,  Williams, Bert  Williams, Clarence   