Review in Retrospect: LeadBelly
The rich material could’ve been grittier, but you do see the threadbare lives of folks making do in harsh circumstances, and understand why they were happy to shake a tailfeather at that after hours joint.
Book Review: Sensation Blues
The author sets out to write a blues novel to honor the blues and mythological figures that excited him as a kid. Performers like Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf and others always thrilled him as an inspiring combination of wisdom and coolness.
Book Review: Biography of A Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey by Robert “Mack” McCormick
This book is a much better read if one skips the self-serving Editor’s Preface and begins with the work itself. McCormick clearly intended this work to be a book for the general public, wanting it to be a kind of mystery story.