LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE #167 (2003) BLUES HARP, TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN, HADDA BROOKS

America’s first blues magazine, Living Blues: The Magazine of the African-American Blues Tradition, issue Number 167 (March/April/May 2003) Vol. 34 No. 1-2: Cover feature: Billy Boy Arnold. Articles: Blues Harp essay, Texas Johnny Brown, Priscilla Price, Tomcat Courtney, Bernard Allison (by John Sinclair), Year of the Blues Festival Guide, Breaking Out: Jimmy Hicks The Answering Man, Letters (including info on Chicago mystery guitarist Tnolue High by Scott Dirks and a retraction by David Whiteis of an alleged statement by Big Walter Horton that he was descended from Christopher Columbus!), Editorials (a goodbye from Scott Barretta and a hello from Brett Bonner), Obituaries: Hadda Brooks, Little Hatch, Mose Vinson, Roscoe Shelton, plus short death notices on Big Lucky Carter, Lonnie Donegan, Dave “Snaker” Ray, Bobby Forrester, Richard Newell (“King Biscuit Boy”), saxophonist Sonny Seals, record producer Red Wortham, and Josephine (Mrs. Sonny) Payne). Blues News includes the 2^nd Annual Ponderosa Stomp, Year of the Blues Kickoff Gala at Radio City Music Hall, Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards, Elvis Costello meets Jimmy T-99 Nelson, Possible Birthplace of Robert Johnson. Plus reviews, ads & radio charts. 136 pages. Published by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi.