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328 Notes Notes to Chapter 1 1. Interview with the author, 23 March 2005, Minneapolis. 2. James Sallis, The Guitar Players (1982; repr., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994), 50–51. 3. Bill Wyman with Richard Havers, Bill Wyman’s Blues Odyssey (London: Dorling Kindersley, 2001), 106. 4. One guitar-playing expert suggested to me that Nick Lucas could be considered the “Original Guitar Hero.” I deal with this early in chapter 4. 5. Lonnie’s birth date: According to Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie said it was 1894. See Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s Story as Told to Yannick Bruynoghe (1955; repr., New York: Da Capo Press, 1992), 119. Lonnie also told two other credible sources that 1894 was the year (see chapter 2 for details). For some other details on Lonnie’s life, there is a four-and-a-half-minute interview with Lonnie included on the Smithsonian/Folkways CD, along with a comment after the final song. It’s fascinating to hear him talk of his life in his own speaking voice (though a couple of dates are inaccurately remembered). 6. Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968), 109. 7. Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press), 102. 8. Martin Williams, Jazz Heritage (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), 37. 9. Gerard Herzhaff, Encyclopedia of the Blues (Little Rock: University of Arkansas Press, 1992). 10. Chuck Berry: The Autobiography (New York: Harmony Books, 1987), 25; John Goldrosen and John Beecher, Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly (New York: Penguin Books, 1987), 41. 11. Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), 157–158. Also see interview with Dylan in Rolling Stone, issue #882 (Nov. 22, 2001). 12. Quoted in Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather (Boston: Back Bay Books-Little Brown, 2001), 151. 13. B. B. King with Dick Waterman, The B. B. King Treasures: Photos, Mementos and Music from B. B. King’s Collection (New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005), 118 (epigraph for chapter 13). 14. Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King, 23. In an interview with the author King expanded on that thought (March 23, 2005, Minneapolis). Interviews with Buddy Guy (February 11, 2005, by phone) and Hubert Sumlin (April 21, 2005, by phone). 15. Interview with the author, July 16, 2004, New York City. 16. Paul Oliver, Conversation with the Blues, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 107. 17. E-mail message to author, 22 June 2004. 18. Chris Morris, “Legend Lonnie Johnson Resurrected Via Intimate Set From Blues Magnet,” Billboard, June 24, 2000. 19. Martin Williams, Jazz Heritage (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), 93–95. 20. Ted Gioia, Delta Blues (New York: Norton, 2008), 16. 21. “Blues in the Mississippi Night,” Alan Lomax recording, available on Rounder Select CD. Notes 329 22. Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz: The First Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), 9. 23. Quoted in Alan Pomerance, Repeal of the Blues, 217–218. 24. Quoted in Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, Jazz: A History of America’s Music, 10. 25. Quoted in Craig Werner, A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America (New York: Plume Books/Penguin, 1999), 70. 26. Paul Garon, Blues and the Poetic Spirit (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1996), 2. 27. Dizzy Gillespie with Al Fraser, To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs—Dizzy Gillespie (New York: Doubleday, 1979), 424. 28. The Republic of Plato, translated with introduction and notes by Francis MacDonald Cornford (New York: Oxford University Press, 1945/1970), 115 (IV. 424), and 90 (III. 401). 29. Dean Alger interview with Henry Townsend, July 8, 2004, St. Louis. 30. Quoted in Alan Pomerance, Repeal of the Blues: How Black Entertainers Influenced Civil Rights (New York: Citadel Press-Carol Publishing Group, 1988), 217. Unfortunately, Pomerance did not specify the year Robeson said this, nor did he supply a source for the quote. 31. Alan Lomax, The Land Where the Blues Began (New York: Delta Books/Dell, 1993), 16–23. 32. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., The Power of Black Music (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 98. 33. Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), 125. 34. Paul Oliver, The Story of the Blues, rev. ed. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997), 109. 35. Giles Oakley, The Devil’s Music: A History of the Blues, 2nd ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1983/1997), 164. 36. Bill Wyman...
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