Alan Govenar (63 page)

Rau, Fritz, 135, 147

Real Jazz
(Panassie), 70

Reconstruction, 3

“Reminiscences of Blind Lemon,” 75–76

Robertson, Eck, 7

Robey, Don, 52

Robinson, Bobby, 112–14, 130–31, 201

Robinson, Clyde, 28

Robinson, Frank, xiii, 28

Rochon, Lonnie, 53

rock ‘n' roll, 67, 82

“Rocky Mountain Blues,” 43–44, 108, 239. See
also
“I Can't Stay

Here in Your Town”

Rogers, Larry, 213, 215

Rogers, Lelan, 184–85, 187

Ronn Records, 186

The Rooster Crowed in England
(recording), 87, 89, 240

Rotante, Anthony, 95, 152, 237

Rowe, Mike, 152

Royal Amalgamated Association of Chitterling Eaters of America, 295n73

Rubenstein, Mansel, 153, 184

Russell, Tony, 152

Sanborn, Frank, 46

Santa Fe Group, 32–33

Schilthuis, Laurence, 239

Schuller, Tim “Mit,” 215

Score Records, 115

Scott, Frank, 151

Sebastian, John, 110, 300n51

“Section Gang Blues,” 25

Seeger, Mike, 114

Seeger, Pete, 79, 85, 104–5, 115, 296n23

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,” 75

“Sellin' Wine in Arizona,” 191

Serenaders, 13

Shad, Bobby, 58–62, 116, 201

Shaw, Arnold, 59

Shaw, Robert, 32, 188, 211

Sharp, Cecil, 79

Shelton, Robert, 89, 105, 107, 130

“She's Mine,” 75

Shine, Black Boy, 32

“Shining Moon,” 48, 64, 109

“Short Haired Woman,” ix, 47–50, 81, 89, 107, 115, 136, 142, 150

“Shotgun Blues,” 49, 56

“Sick Feeling Blues (I'm Aching),” 64

Silber, Irwin, 104

Silver, Al, 64

Silverman, Jerry, 104

Sims, Estelle, xi

Sims, Frankie Lee, 29, 55–56, 239

Sing Out!
(magazine), 104

Sittin' In With Records, 58, 62

Skoog, Larry, 41

“Slavery,” 181–82, 234

Smith, Bessie, 14, 55

Smith, Charles Edward, 116

Smith, Wilson “Thunder,” xiv, 41, 43–44, 200

Smokes Like Lightning
(recording), 122, 124, 153

Snyder, Robert, 171

“Some Day Baby,” 58

Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me
(recording), 139

Sonet Records, 203

songs: as commodity, 60

“So Sorry to Leave You,” 109

Soul Blues
(recording), 137, 151

“Spirituals to Swing” concert, 70

square dances, 6–7

Stack, Frank, 80

Starr, Ringo, 173

Steele, Lanny, 205, 221, 308n16

Stewart-Baxter, Derek, 142

Stoneham, Luther, 39, 293n38

“Stop Drinking,” 310n89. See
also
“Better Watch Yourself”

Story, Zarefah, 114

Strachwitz, Chris, x–xi, 50, 52, 54, 71–72, 76–77, 89, 95, 98, 102–3, 113, 120–22, 131, 133, 135, 136, 138, 140, 147–48, 154, 170, 181, 190–91, 197–98, 230–31, 235, 294n46, 295n59, 301n87

SugarHill Studios, 51, 293n43

“Sugar Mama,” 49

Sumlin, Hubert, 141

Sunnyland Slim, 141

The Sun's Gonna Shine
(film), x–xi,
180

Swank, Sam, ix

Sweatt, Heman, 85

Sweatt v. Painter,
85

“Take It Easy,” 110

Tampa Red, 30, 36, 84

Tanner, Gid, 7

“Tell Me Baby,” 75

Terry, Sonny, 80, 100, 107–9, 147, 210

Texas: African Americans in, viii; baseball in, 21; during Civil War, 2

Texas blues, vii–ix

Texas Blues Man
(recording), 184

Texas Blues Society, 151

“That Mean Old Twister,” 80, 81

Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), 23, 57

“Thinkin' ‘bout an Old Friend,” 110

13th Floor Elevators, 184, 186

Thomas, Andy, 293n38

Thomas, Beulah (Sippie Wallace), 33

Thomas, Danny, 184–85

Thomas, George W., 33

Thomas, George W. Jr., 33

Thomas, Henry, 7–8

Thomas, Hersal, 33

Thomas, Marcellus, 181

Thompson, Lurie, 5

Thompson, Sid, 41

Thornton, Big Mama, 218

Thornton, Yank, 54

Through the Years: A Historical Sketch
of Leon County
(Leathers), 2

Time Records, 116

“Tim Moore's Farm,” 55, 102, 123, 181–82; as protest song, 54, 86–87, 234

Titon, Jeff Todd, 96

“T' Model Blues,” 55

TNT Records, 62, 64, 91

Tolbert, Frank, 43

“Tom Moore.”
See
“Tim Moore's Farm”

Tonneau, Serge, 152

Tradition Records, 89, 298n53

A Treasury of Field Recordings
(recording), 90

Trident Press, 155, 167

Turner, Ben, 64

Turner, B. K. “Black Ace,” 56

Turner, Felton, 85

The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men
(recording), 89

University of Texas Law School, 85

“Unsuccessful Blues (Can't Be Successful),” 50

“Up on Telegraph,” 191

Van Ronk, Dave, 145

Van Zandt, Townes, 190, 232

Vaughan, Jimmie, 211, 232

Vaughan, Stevie Ray, 211, 232–33

Verve Records, 149

“Vietnam War,” 187

Village Gate, 104, 107, 114, 130, 132–33, 215

von Schmidt, Eric, 112

“Walking Blues,” 50

Walkin' This Road by Myself
(recording), 122–23

“The War Is Over,” 63

Warren's Bottom (Texas), 2–3, 5

Washington, Lorine, 6, 125

Waterman, Dick, 193

Waters, Muddy, 47, 56–57, 61, 66, 113, 151, 192, 198, 203–5, 221, 235, 307n34

Watson, Doc, 196

Watson, Johnny “Guitar,” 67

Wawzyn, Dietrich, 131

WDIA, 66–67

Weavers, 70, 104–6

Welding, Pete, 106

Wesley, Carter, 86

“West Coast Blues,” 43

Wheelin' on Beale
(radio program), 66

“Whiskey Headed Woman,” 49

White, Bukka, 190

White, Hattie Mae, 85

White, Tony Joe, 190

Whiz Records, 153

Wiesand, Stephanie, 141

Williams, Big Joe, 50, 84, 100–1

Williams, Clarence, 23

Williamson, John Lee “Sonny Boy,” 30, 84, 141, 310n89

Williams, L. C., 56, 103

Williams, Moohah, 66

Williams, Ted, 35

Wills, Bob, 46

Wilmer, Val, 143–44

Wilson, Harding “Hop,” 55, 239

Wilson, John S., 81–82, 93, 115

Wilson, Ron, 208, 211, 220

Winter, Johnny, 184

WLAC, 67

“Wonder What Is Wrong with Me,” 65.
See also
“Lightnin' Don't Feel Well”

Wood, W. D., 2

World Pacific Records, 101

Wright, Dan, 29

Wynne, Angus III, 134

Yates, Peter, 156

Ziehm, Howard, 120

“Zolo Go,” 50–51

zydeco, 33, 51

Nonfiction

Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound

Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity and Achievement

The Early Years of Rhythm and Blues

Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist

Masters of Traditional Arts: A Biographical Dictionary

African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories

Portraits of Community: African American Photography in Texas

Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where the Black and White Worlds of Dallas Converged
(with Jay F. Brakefield)

American Tattoo

Meeting the Blues: The Rise of the Texas Sound

Flash From the Past: Classic American Tattoo Designs 1890–1965
(with Ed Hardy)

A
Joyful Noise: A Celebration of New Orleans
Music
(with Michael P. Smith)

Living Texas Blues

For Young Readers

Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts

Stompin' at the Savoy

Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter

Essay Collections

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American
Folklore
(with Francis Abernethy and Patrick B. Mullen)

Artist Books

Hotung Shadows

Pachinko Stops

Tour Bus Tanka

Umbrellas in Beijing

For Boys Who Dream of War

Daddy Double Do Love You

Cold Earth

Midnight Song

Also by Alan Govenar

The Blues and Jives of Dr. Hepcat

Daddy Double Do Love You

Casa di Dante, Arcadian Press

The Light in Between

The Life and Poems of Osceola Mays

Paradise in the Smallest Thing