Sam Myers, The Blues is my Story
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day . . . ,” 17
Keaton, Alan B., 27
In the Groove, 27
Kentucky Headhunters, The, 134–35
“It Hurts Me Too,” 53
KFFA, 94
Iz, Joanna, 4, 99
King, Albert, 89, 118–19, 137
King, B.B., xi, xii, 82, 86–87, 89–91, 97, 143
Jack Daniel’s, 62
King, Freddie, 87, 91, 122–23
Jackson, President Andrew, 65
King, Jimmie, 67
Jackson, Grady “Fats,” 54
King Biscuit Blues Festival, 94–95
Jackson, Mississippi, xi, 3, 5, 19, 23–24,
King Biscuit Boys, The, 94–95
27–28, 32–33, 44–45, 48, 51, 53–57, 60,
King Biscuit Flour Co., 94
63–64, 94–96, 115, 138; Myers living in,
King Cotton Festival, 126
65–73; and radio broadcasting, 74–78;
King Mose and the Royal Rockers, 66,
recording in, 78–82
76–77, 124
Jackson, Willie Christine, 31–32
King of the Hill, 131
Jackson family, 44–50
Knoxville, Tennessee, 71
Jackson Iron and Metal Co.,
KOKA, 76
60–61
KOKY, 76
Jackson State University, 77
James, Elmore, xi, 34, 37, 44, 51–64,
Lamar club, 69
66–68, 75, 93, 106, 110, 113–15, 118,
Lamplight sessions, 115
122, 126–29, 132
Laurel, Mississippi, 3–5, 7, 14, 17
James, Skip (Nehemiah James), 74
LeFleur’s Bluff, 65
J&M Studios, 114
Lipscomb, Mance, 88
Jive Parade, 27
“Little Car Blues,” 95
Joe Louis Gym, 31
“Little Girl,” 67
John Gaston Hospital, 9
Little Rock, Arkansas, 76
Johnny’s Records, 79
Little Walter (Walter Jacobs), 34–35, 93,
Johnson, Luther, 92
101–2, 104–5, 141
Johnson, Robert, 38, 52, 74
Lockwood, Robert, Jr., xi, xii, 34, 71, 89,
Johnson, Sherman “Blues,” 79
93–95, 128–29
Johnson, Tommy, 74
“Look on Yonder Wall,” 52, 106
Jonas, Joe (Joseph Jones), 4
Los Angeles, California, 37, 53, 140
Jones, John Paul, 3
Louis, Joe Hill (The One-Man Band), 97
Jones, Johnny, 54
Louisiana, 19, 54, 92, 107, 138
Jones, Laurence C., 23, 28–29
Love, Willie, 94, 96
Jones County, Mississippi, 3–4, 14
Lula, Mississippi, 70
Jordan, Louis, 28, 35, 39
Lynchburg, Tennessee, 61
Judge, Mike, 131
Juilliard School, 29
MacMillan, Brent, 137
Juvenile cataracts, 4, 9
“Madison Blues,” 51, 53
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Malaco Records, 70
Mutual Radio Network, 5
Martin, Jody, 77
“My baby gives me a high temperature
Mason, William, 3
. . . ,” 129
Masonite, 3, 5
My Love Is Here to Stay, 138–39
Matassa, Cosimo, 54, 115–16
“My Love Is Here to Stay,” 72, 79, 94, 138
Maxwell, Ben, 21–22; death of, 22
Myers, Celeste (mother), 3–4, 10–11, 24
Maxwell Street, 34–35
Myers, Mary Nell (sister), 3
McClendon, John, 75
Myers, Ollie (father), 3–6, 10–12, 24, 41
McCormick Convention Center
Myers, Ollie, Jr. (brother), 3
(Chicago, Illinois), 43
Myers, Wardell (brother), 3
McCoy, Sid, 39–40; death of, 40
Myers, Willie Earl (son), 4, 12–13, 41,
McGilvery, Charles, 25–27
44–49, 126
McMurry, Lillian, 51, 75, 78–79, 81–82, 95
McMurry, Willard, 75
NAACP, 71
Medgar Evers Homecoming, 33
National Industries for the Blind, 69
Memphis, Tennessee, 9–10, 19, 89,
Nelson, Ford, 97
96–97, 126
“Nelson Street Blues,” 95
Meridian, Mississippi, 79
New Deal Supermarket, 77
Miller, Rice (Sonny Boy Williamson II),
New Orleans, Louisiana, 52, 54, 71–72, 77,
75, 78–79, 82, 92–94, 101, 104
114–15, 138
Miller, Robert, 69
“New Vicksburg Blues,” 65
Milton, Richard, 70
New York, New York, 46–47, 52, 54, 88, 113
Mississippi, 33–34, 38, 42, 47, 55–56, 63,
Newhouse, Jackie, 138
70–72, 79, 87, 105, 107, 138; oldest black
Newman, Sam, 56–60
radio station in, 75–76
Nightcrawlers, The, 137
Mississippi Delta Blues Band, 70
Nighthawk, Robert (Robert McCoy), 35
Mississippi Delta region, 4, 16–17
“Nightmare Blues,” 121
Mississippi Industries for the Blind, 28,
North Texas State University, 29
48, 68–69, 71–72
Norwood, Sherman, 70
Mississippi State University, 70, 124
Nulisch, Darrell, 138–39
“Misty,” 102
Mobile, Alabama, 4, 41, 45–46, 48–49
Oakland, California, 71
Modern Records, 53
O’Brien, Derek, 135
Moonshining, 56–61
Office Space, 131
Moore, Dorothy, 78
“Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop,” 53
Moore, Scotty, 89
Oklahoma, 138
Moss Point, Mississippi, 70
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 37
Mr. P’s club, 55
One-Man Band, The (Joe Hill
Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield),
Louis), 97
35, 88, 92, 96, 105, 141
Oregon, 31
Musician union strike of 1944, 74
Original style, development of, 92
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Palm Garden club, 70
Robinson, Bobby, 52, 54, 67, 116
Palo Alto, California, 100
Robinson, Jesse, 70
Paramount Recording Co., 74
Rogers Black Pearls drums, 62–63
Pascagoula, Mississippi, 70
Rogers, Jimmy, 105–6, 142
Patton, Charley, 74
“Rollin’ and Tumblin’, ” 51
Payne, Lt. Colonel, 30–31
Rose Hill, Mississippi, 3
Payne, Odie, 38, 62–63, 128
Royalties, lack of payment of, 81–82, 112
Payne, “Sunshine” Sonny, 94
RPM Records, 54
Peacock Records, 62
Russell, Jesse James, 67, 70
Pearl River, Mississippi, xi, 56, 65
Rynack, Doug, 138
Petrillo, James C., 108, 110
Petrillo’s War, 108
“Sad, Sad Lonesome Day,” 67–68
Phoenix City, Illinois, 39
“Sad and Lonesome,” 67
Phonograph, invention of, 112
Sadler, Haskell, 70
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, 124
“Sally Mae,” 121
Piedmont blues, 88
San Francisco Blues Festival, 139–40
Pilgrim Travelers, The, 37
Sanders, Willie Roy, 118–19
Piney Woods Band Glee Club, 24
S&S
club, 63, 132
Piney Woods region, 3
Satellite Club, 62
Piney Woods School, 5, 19, 23–33, 35,
Sawmills, working in, 21–22
37, 99
Scott, Hammond, 121, 138–39
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 51
Scott, Naumann, 121
Plano, Texas, 137
“Scratch My Back,” 87
“Poor Little Angel Child,” 67, 106
Sea-Saint Studios, 115
Presley, Elvis, 89
Sehorn, Marshall, 115–16
Professional musicians’ jam, 90
“Set a Date,” 115
Pryor, Snooky (James Pryor), 105
708 Club, 96
Public domain, 119
Seven Sons, The, 79
Push N’ Pull Club, 70
Shades of Rhythm, The, 67
“Shout Brother Shout,” 95
Railroads, construction of, 18–21
Shreveport, Louisiana, 76
Rains, George, 134
Silars, Willie, 70
Rankin County, Mississippi, 23, 57, 60
Silvio’s club, 39, 127–28
Rawls, Lou, 37–38
Simpson, John, 64, 132
Reconstruction, 4
Simpson, Percy, 55, 61, 63, 69, 132
Recording sessions, early days of,
“Sittin’ on my ya ya, waitin’ on my La La
113–14, 117
. . . ,” 116
Reed, Jimmy, 97, 122
Sixty Minutes, 23
Reed, Mary (wife of Jimmy), 122
“Sky Is Crying, The,” 51, 54, 115
Revolutionary War, 3
“Sleeping in the Ground,” 75, 79–81, 94,
Robey, Don, 62, 90, 111, 122
119–21
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Smith & Wesson .38, 24
Taylor, Hound Dog (Theodore
Smith Robertson School, 32
Taylor), 35
Song-writing process, 99–100, 142–43
Taylor, King Mose, 65–66, 80, 124–26;
Sonny Boy Blues Museum, 95
death of, 68
Sonny Boy Blues Society, 95
“Temperature,” 129
Sonny Boy Meal, 94
Temple, Johnny, 61, 65–67
Sonny Boy Williamson (John
“Tennessee Waltz, The,” 20
Williamson), 28, 92–93, 104
Terry, Sonny, 104
Sonny Boy Williamson II. See Miller,
Texas, 81, 87–88, 91, 111, 123
Rice
Texas blues, 87–88
Soul Stirrers, The, 38
Texas Slim (John Lee Hooker), 121
Sound Cloud, 137
“These Young Girls Are about to Drive
Sound Corporation, The, 70
Me Wild,” 39
South Side (Chicago, Illinois), 34
Thomas, Rufus, 97
Southwest Blues magazine, 4, 99
Thompson, Tommy Lee, 81, 100
Speir, H. C., 74
“Tiger Rag,” 91
Spiegel, 42–43
TJ Records, 100
St. Louis, Missouri, 95
Toussaint, Allen, 115
Stanford University, 42
Traylor, Kenny, 130
“Stardust,” 102
Trianon Ballroom, 96
“Stars and Stripes Forever, The,”
Trumpet Records, 51, 54, 75, 78–79,
26–27
82, 95
Stillwell Reservoir, 56
Tucker, Luther, 129
Stitt, Sonny (Edward Stitt), 102
“Turn On Your Love Light,” 125
“Stormy Monday,” 51
Turner, Big Joe, 53–54
Stout, Eddie, 138
Turner, Ike, 96
Street, John, 142
“T.V. Mama,” 53
Sully’s club, 130
“Twelve-Year-Old Boy, The,” 53–54
Sun Records, 96
“Sunnyland,” 53
Union musician testing, 109–10
Sunnyland Slim (Peter Chatman), 96
University Medical Center (Memphis,
Sunset Inn, 69
Tennessee), 45, 80
Sure Shot Records, 62
University of Mississippi, 70, 124
Swancey, Doug, 130–31
University of Southern Mississippi, 70
“Symphony C,” 27
Vaughan, Stevie Ray, 137
Talk to You by Hand, 138
Vee-Jay Records, 53, 122
Tallulah, Louisiana, 70
Vicksburg, Mississippi, 76, 96
Tampa, Florida, 76
Victor Recording Co., 74
Taylor, Dudlow, 94
Vincent, Johnny, 54, 75, 79, 81, 120
Taylor, Fingers (Greg Taylor), 139
Vocalion Records, 74
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W. C. Handy Award, 101
Williams, Anna Mae, 25–27, 32–33
Wagon Wheel club, 45
Williams, Big Joe, 121
Waite, Freddie, 67
Willie Love and the Three Aces, 94
Walden, Freddie, 138
Wilson, Kim, 134–35
Walker, Big Moose, 68
Winchester .30-30, 58
Walker, T-Bone (Aaron Walker), 28, 35,
Windy City Six, The, 38
39, 87–88, 97
WJDX, 27
Washington (state), 31
WOKJ, 75–77, 82
WDIA, 97, 118
WOPA, 52
WENN, 76
World War I, 65
West Coast blues, 88
World War II, 14, 108
West Davis Street, 33, 45, 132–33
World’s Fair: 1982, 71; 1984, 71–72
West Memphis, Arkansas, 118
WYOU, 76
“West Memphis Blues,” 94
Wheelin’ on Beale, 97
“Ya Ya,” 115
White, Malcolm, 138
“You Don’t Have to Go,” 67–68
“White Heat,” 26
“You Know I’m Coming Home,” 53
White House, The, 138
Young, Richard, 135
White Rose club, 39
“Whose Muddy Shoes,” 53
Zanzibar Club, 96
Wilkins, Joe Willie, 95
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