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259 Abbay and Leatherman Plantation, 60–62 Abbeville, 233 Aberdeen, 110, 222–23 Abe’s Bar-B-Q, 83, 85 Accommodations, 15, 71, 95, 96–98, 99–100, 128, 137–38, 197, 221 Ace, Johnny, 49 Ace Records, 191, 199 Addison, Larry, 158 Africa, 84, 87, 227 African-American Heritage Buffalo Fish Festival, 172 Aikei Pro’s (record store), 233–35, 234 Airport Grocery, 120 Akers, Garfield, 24, 34, 249 Alabama, 7, 32, 91 Alamo Theater, 194, 195 Albee, Edward, 97 Alexander, James, 48 All Around Man, 98, 201 All Day and All Night, 28 Allison, Mose, 111 “All She Wants to Do Is Rock,” 191 Alluvian Hotel, 131 American Folk Blues Festival, 207 American Record Company (ARC), 172, 190 Ames, Abie “Boogaloo,” 160, 162–63 “Annie Mae’s Café,” 158 Anthony’s, 221 Arhoolie Records, 242, 249 Arkansas, 38, 48, 52–53, 55–64, 65, 68–79, 83, 168 Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (formerly King Biscuit), 70–71, 75, 94, 100 Arnold, Kokomo, 190 Ass Pocket of Whiskey, A, 231 Atkins, Chet, 235 Atlantic City, 19 INDEX References to illustrations appear in italics. Avalon, 11, 138–41 “Avalon Blues,” 138–39, 254 Avanti (record company), 191 Azar, Steve, 155 “Baby, Please Don’t Go,” 177, 218 “Back Door Man,” 180 “Back Water Blues,” 153, 162 Bailey, Kid, 7, 34, 258 “Ballad of Casey Jones, The,” 232 Bama, 109 “Banana in Your Fruit Basket,” 186 Banjo, 6, 43, 87, 248, 253 Baptist Town, 132–33 Barbecue, 3, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 44, 85, 91, 96, 100, 155, 157, 160, 170, 199, 214, 221, 233, 237, 245–46 “Barbershop Rhythm,” 92 Bar-Kays, 44, 47–49 Barnes, Bruce “Sunpie,” 128 Barnes, Roosevelt “Booba,” 158, 159 Barnes, Walter, 210–11 Basie, Count, 30, 168 B. B. King Museum, 169–70 B. B. King’s nightclub, 25, 26 Beady’s Bar & Grill, 159–60 Beale, Black and Blue, 69 Beale Street, 9, 22–37, 26, 43, 50, 126, 160, 188–89, 248 “Beale Street Blues,” 28, 30 Beale Street Sheiks, 37, 258 Beck, Elder Charlie, 186 “Beefsteak Blues,” 164, 165, 256 Belfour, Robert “Wolfman,” 96, 227 Belzoni, 17, 106, 171–72, 194 Belzoni Jailhouse, 171–72 Bentonia, 4, 9, 201–3, 254 Bentonia Blues Fest, 203, 204 Berry, Chuck, 37–38, 180 Beulah, 83, 121, 122 Big Apple Inn, 194–95 Big Brother and the Holding Company, 220 Big Road Blues, 126, 252 “Big Road Blues,” 204 Billington, Johnnie “Mr. Johnnie,” 104 Billy Smiley Band, 113 Birdie’s Roadhouse, 208 Birdland, 195 Biscuits and Blues, 212 Black, Bill, 40 Black Castle, 127 Black Diamond, 26 Black Hometown Movie, 126 Blake, Blind, 6 Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 35, 195 Block, Rory, 205 Bloomfield, Mike, 218 Blue Front (Hollandale), 173–74, 173 Blue Front Café, 4, 202–3 Blue Lake, 144, 167 Blue Levee, 121 Blue Room, 179 “Blues, How Do You Do?,” 214 Blues and Legends Hall of Fame Museum, 62 Blues Archive, University of Mississippi, 228, 229 Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, 111 Blues Brothers, 135, 176 Blues Brothers 2000, 176 Blues City Café, 26 Blues Come Home to Roost, 98 Blues Fell This Morning, 212 Blues Foundation, 36, 101 Blues From the Delta, 165, 230, 252 “Blues Is All Right, The,” 199 Blues Night Club, 46 Blues on the Bluff Festival, 210 Bluesville, 19, 62 Blue Worm, 46 Bluff City Blues, 210 Bolivar County Courthouse, 117–19 Boogaloo and Eden: Sustaining the Sound, 163 Booker, Charley, 156, 162 Index 260 [3.143.168.172] Project MUSE (2024-04-16 14:54 GMT) Booker T and the MGs, 43–44, 49, 53, 254 “Bootlegger Blues,” 16 “Born Under a Bad Sign,” 53 Boss Hall, 162 Boss Lounge, 46 Bottleneck Blues Bar, 179 Bottleneck guitar. See Slide guitar Bottletree, 114 Bourbon, 165–66 Bowden, John, 245–46 Boyle, 125–26 Bracey, Caldwell, 186 Bracey, Ishmon, 7, 31, 190, 196; grave, 196 Bradford, Perry, 6 Branch, Ben, 36 Brenston, Jackie, 39 Brent, Eden, 163 Brewster, William H., 49 Bridges, 11, 37–38, 65, 69, 73, 83, 99, 101, 136, 144, 145, 161, 176, 245 “Bring It On Home,” 180 Brockman, Polk, 143 Broonzy, Big Bill, 7, 58, 145, 251 Brown, Jessie “Junebug,” 121 Brown, Kenny, 233 Brown, Shirley, 199 Brown, Willie, 7, 58, 59, 63, 64, 83, 84, 118, 119, 123, 125, 126, 176, 190, 258 Bruce, Blanche K., 121–22 Bubba’s Blues Corner, 75 Buffalofish, 16–17, 172 Bug’s Place, 121–22 Bullock’s Café, 76 Burke, Solomon, 231 Burnett, Charles, 179–80 Burnside...

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