Shreveport Sounds in Black and White

Acknowledgments

ix Acknowledgments We owe a debt of gratitude to many people for helping with this project. Foremost are our families for their patience and understanding. Our thanks also go to the University Press of Mississippi for believing in the need for this anthology. We think it is an important addition to the literature related to music in the American South and are pleased to see it published as part of the American Made Music series. Special kudos to the following people for their help above the call of duty as well as their prompt attention to our requests for photographs, information , and just-plain-assistance: Domenica Carriere, Laura Lyons McLemore, and Mike Rosebery (Archives and Special Collections, Noel Memorial Library, Louisiana State University–Shreveport), and Susan Roach (Folklorist, Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University). Our thanks also go to Vallie Tinsley White’s son-in-law, Jim Karl of Longview, Texas, for her photograph and biographical information; Pam Packer of the Rebel State Historic Society and Louisiana Country Music Museum; John Prime for his generous sharing of photographs; Dan Garner for his good cheer and hard work on blues and gospel music in Shreveport, Maggie and Alton Warwick for supplying photographs and encouragement. Thanks also to C. Joseph Pusateri, Nutchuk (a.k.a. Simeon Oliver), Joey Kent, James W. Joyner, Nancy Fly Bredenberg, Chris Smith, Ray Templeton, Gayle Wardlow, Robert Vaughan, Jan Rosenberg, Donald R. Ross, and Ray Topping, all of whom have contributed to our understanding of music in the Ark-LaTex . We also thank our contributors who wrote articles especially for this edition and for the periodicals, magazines, and presses who gave permission to reprint other materials. Tracey Laird would like to thank Agnes Scott College for the laptop loaner and for the remarkable level of support among friends, colleagues, administration, and staff. This page intentionally left blank ...