Content description by Edward Meyer:

Living Blues #68

Cover Photo: Roosevelt Sykes by John Rockwood

List of Articles

Living BluesLetter

District of Columbia:

Artists mentioned: Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Barry Lee Pearson, John Jackson, James Jackson, Archie Edwards, John D. Molton, Larry Wise, Eleanor Ellis

Pennsylvania:

Artists mentioned: Son Seals, Albert Collins, the Uptown Rhythm Kings, Albert King, Big Twist &The Mellow Fellows, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson, Fat Tuesday, George Thorogood, the Blasters, Robert Cray, Tower of Power, Los Lobos, Johnny Winter, Flamin’ Harry Blues Band, James Cotton, Blues DeLuxe, Bo Diddley, the Nighthawks, the Neville Brothers, Denise LaSalle, Clarence Carter, Latimore, Johnnie Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, George Jr., Koko Taylor, John Mayall, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, George Thorogood with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins (on TV-Live Aid), Jan Zukowski, the Delaware Destroyers, Matt Murphy, Johnny Reno & the Sax Maniacs, Tom Larsen Blues Band, Blues DeLuxe, the Buicks, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Willie Dixon, the Juke Rockers, Koko Taylor, Queen Ida, Taj Mahal, Steve Chrismire, the Nighthawks, Spoons Williams, Ike Turner, Omar & the Howlers, the Blasters, Roomful of Blues, the Fabulous Heavyweights, Mose Allison, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy, John Arndts Sister Blue Band, Steve Guyger, the Excellos, the Blue Falcons,  the Dukes of Destiny, Willie Phillips & Little Bit of Everything, the Bluesters, Big Joe Turner,        

Minnesota:

Artists mentioned: Mighty Joe Young, Benny Turner, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Memphis Slim, Koko Taylor, Eddie Shaw, Johnny Littlejohn, Big Daddy Kinsey & the Kinsey Report, Sugar Blue, Linwood Slim, Lamont Cranston, Willie Murphy, Dave Ray, the Butanes, the Barking Ducks, Baby Doo Caston, Mojo Buford, Sonny Rogers

Ohio (Dayton & Cincinnati)

-artists mentioned: the Low rent Blues All Stars, Jose Higgins, Queen Ida, Piney Brown, Johnny Reno, Big Twist, Buckwheat Zydeco, Snapper Mitchum, the Blues Invaders, Sammie Fender, Albert King, Juke Joint, Bill Haney, Willie Pooch, the DeMarcos, Tommy Gaddis & Fast Company, B.B. King, the Motor Kings, the Thunderbirds, Big Joe Duskin, Urban Shocker, Another Mule, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Copeland, Cincinnati Slim & the Headhunters, Gatemouth Brown, Renee Brown, the Mighty Flyers, Rockin’ Rod Piazza, Hank Crawford, Johnny Winter, the Columbus Jets, B.B. King, the Ohio Untouchables, Bobby Haynes, Scotty Robertson, Bill Archer, Jimmy Rogers, Delbert McClinton, the Robert Cray Band, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy/H-Bomb Ferguson, Big Joe Duskin, Big Joe Thompson & the All Stars, B.B. King, Steve Tracy Blues Band, Queen Ida   

Indiana

-artists mentioned: Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows, Fenton Robinson, Blind John Davis, S.P. Leary, Harry Cornell, Son Seals, Lonnie Brooks, George Thorogood, John Lee hooker, Corky Seigel, Oscar “Baby” Jones, South Side Denny & the Skin Tones, Mighty Joe Young, Peter Dames & The Rhythm Flames, Eddie Taylor   

North Carolina:

-artists mentioned: Jessie Mae Hemphill, John Hammond, Guitar Slim, Lightnin’ Wells, the Jimmy Rogers All Star Show with Wild Child Butler, Ted Harvey, Little Smokey Smothers, “Fingers” Taylor and the Heartfixers, Tornado, the Alkaphonics, Chicago Ron & the Aces, Guitar Slim, Billy Ransom, Half Ash Blues Band, Little Alfred Band, Guitar Slim (James Stephens),The Foddrell Brothers, John Jackson, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Gatemouth Brown, Matt Murphy, Bob Margolin, Thomas Burt, John Dee Holeman, Washboard Slim (Robert Young), Roy Dunn

South Carolina:

-artists mentioned: Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Gate’s Express, Renee Brown, Blind John Davis, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Roy Bookbinder, Bo Diddley, Taj Mahal, the Nighthawks

Kentucky:

-artists mentioned: Pigmeat Jarrett, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Tupelo Chain Sex, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Rockin’ Sidney, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, the Legendary Blues Band, Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows, Johnny Winter with George Thorogood (cancelled), Big Joe Duskin, Bo Diddley, Johnetta Hughes and Brothers Tough, 26^th Street Blues Band, Red and the So Called Blues Band, Winston Hardy, Foree Wells, Bobby Bland, B.B. King, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

Baton Rouge

-artists mentioned: Chris Thomas (Tabby Thomas’ son-have a blues bar)), Guitar Lloyd, the Mudbugs, Silas Hogan, Arthur “Guitar” Kelley, Henry Gray, Tabby Thomas & The Mighty Houserockers, Raful Neal & Kenny Ray Neal Now living back in Baton Rouge and has opened a blues club, the Neal Brothers, Henry Gray, Brian Bruce, the Backburners, Wolfgang, Shannon Williford, King Lloyd, Carol Daniels, the Circuit Breakers, Kat & the Kittens, Samuel Hogan, Sno-Man, gene Simmons, Neckbone Slim, Slim Harpo, Cathy Lamb, Lil’ Miss Hurricane

Texas

-artists mentioned:

9^th Annual Juneteeth Festival: Sippie Wallace (First appearance in Houston in 63 years), James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band, Linda Hopkins, Bessie Smith, Maxine Howard, Pete Mayes Band, Marcia Ball, Big Roger Collins, Milt Larkin, Arnette Cobb, Buddy Ace, Robert Cray, Lonnie Brooks, James Cotton, Albert Collins/Ellis Marsalis, Ahmad Jamal, Michel Petrucciani, Jimmy Ford, Kirk Whalum, Basirah, Sheila Scott, Frank Rehak, Larry Slezak, Bubba Thomas, Albert King, Fenton Robinson, Johnny Copeland, Elvin Bishop, Bob Margolin, Doug McDonald, Sylvester Boines, Michael Linn, Billy Gibbons, Kenny Vangel, the Muddy Waters Band, (Bruce) Springsteen, Miss Trudy Lynn

San Francisco

-artists mentioned: San Francisco Blues Festival: Bonnie Raitt, Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Katie Webster, Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues, Sammy Myers, Anson Funderburgh, Luther Johnson, Queen Ida, Boz Skaggs, Carlos Santana, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Percy Mayfield, Howard Armstrong, Chuck Berry, the Grateful Dead/ 25^th Anniversary of Arhoolie Records: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, J.C. Burris, Charlie Musselwhite, the Ford Band, Guitar Gable, Jimmy McCracklin, Roomful of Blues, Francis Clay, Charles Houff, L.C. Good Rockin’ Robinson, Brownie McGhee, Charles Ford Band, Roy Rogers, Frankie Ervin, Charles Brown, Floyd Dixon, Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors, Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker, Smokey Wilson, Maxine Howard, Luther Tucker, Johnny Waters, Paris Slim, Curtis Lawson, Joe Walker, D.C. Minner, Sonny Rhodes, Blues Survivors, Lowell Fulson, Ron Thompson, Little Charlie, Ashkenaz, California Cajun Orchestra, John Delafose, Troyce Key, J. J. Malone, Johnny Tolbert, Bobby Reed, Freddie Roulette, Beverly Stovall, Gary Smith, Sara Livingston, Cool Papa, Mark Ford    

Gable of Fable by Patty McCoy and Mary Katherine Aldin

-artists mentioned: Guitar Gable (Thomas Wesley Jerome Gable), Gabriel “Guitar Gable” Perrodin, Wild Jimmy Spruill

Article summary: the Guitar Gable playing recently in San Francisco is not the same Guitar Gable that recorded for Excello records, though he claims he is, and also says the other guy is the fake

Australia (Sydney & Perth):

-artists mentioned: Louis Jordan, Continental Robert Susz, Howlin’Wolf, Champion Sally King, T-Bone Walker, Ian Beecroft, Foreday Riders, Ron & Jeff King, Foreign Lee (Holman) & The Legionaires, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Hound Dog Heebie, The Stumblers, Dom Turner, Rex Hill, B.B. King, Pete Ecclestone and the Stumblers, Kokomo Arnold, Robert Johnson, Freddie King, Ry Cooder, Papa George Lightfoot, Mighty Reapers of Vengeance, the Dynamic Hepnotics, Junior Wells, Slim Harpo, Ray Charles, Rufus Thomas, James Brown, Dave Brewer, Hubert Sumlin, Ike Turner, C. R. & the Blues Kings, the Moonlighters, Bruce “Junior” Bonjers, the Champions, Sally King, Howie Shawcross, Dave Brewer, the Hippos, Matango Men, Fat Time, The Layabouts, Beachhead, Eddie Vinson, The Magnetics, Chain, Kevin Borich Express, The Wild Cat Tamers, Sonny (Terry) & Brownie (McGhee), Hound Dog Taylor, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, George Thorogood, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, the Blues Brothers, Little Milton, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins/Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Nick Cave, Australian Chicken Hawks, Bad Seeds

Great Britain

-artists mentioned: Errol Dixon, Little Willie Littlefield, Al Casey, Flaco Jimenez, Doctor John, the Drifters, Carrie Smith, Buddy Tate, Lowell Fulson, Tampa Red, Chick Willis, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, Little Walter, Mercy Dee, the Neville Brothers, Professor Longhair, Robert Cray, Richard Cousins, Albert King, O.V. Wright, Robert Cray Band, Bo Diddley, Frankie Ford, Rick Nelson, Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, the Marvelettes, Jimmy Smith, Ernestine Anderson, Red Holloway, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Sam Gaillard, the Stars of Faith

Belgium

-artists mentioned: Little Willie Littlefield, Katie Webster, Big Jay McNeely, Walter H. K. Tore, Al Rapone & The Zydeco Express, Louisiana Red with H.K. Tore, Benton, Billy Branch, Luther Allison, Eddie C. Campbell, the Mississippi Delta Blues Band, “Birdlegg”, Eddie Ray, Joe Walker, A.C. Reed, Larry Davis, Byther Smith, Maurice John Vaughn, Angela Brown, Erwin Helfer, Johnny Mars, Johnny Copeland, Lillian Boutte, Rosay, Guitar Crusher, Thomas Jefferson, Gene “Mighty Flea” Connors, Willy Donni,  

Hungary

-artists mentioned: Tibord Tatrai, Jimi Hendrix, Hobo Blues Band, Bela Radics, Deak “Bill” Gyula, Torok-Tatrai, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Jan Spaleny, Peter Kalandra, Michal Pavlicek, Jiri Vesely

West Germany

-artists mentioned: Guitar Crusher & The Midnight Rockers, Charlie Musselwhite & The International Blues Duo, the Mojo Blues Band, Jo- Ann Kelly, Danny Adler’s Deluxe Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers & Wild Child Butler, Phillip Walker, John Littlejohn, Eddie C. Campbell, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland, Danny Adler, Katie Webster, Little Willie Littlefield, Al Rapone & The Zydeco Express, Sparky Rucker, Cash McCall & the Young Blues Thrillers, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Margie Evans, James “Son” Thomas, Blind Joe Hill, Das Dritte Ohr, B.B. King, the Jackson Swingers, the R-Section, Luther Allison, Donald “Hye Pockets” Robertson, Sammy Price, Arnett Cobb, Al Grey 

Poland

-artists mentioned: Blackout, Tedeusz Nalepa, Silesian Blues Band, Ireneusz, Irek Dudek Blues Band, Muddy Waters, J.B. Hutto, Krzak, Kasa Chorych, John Mayall, Jan “Keks” Skrzek, Ryszard  Skribinski, Dzem, Easy Rider, Guitar Crusher, Champion Jack Dupree, Alexis Corner (sic-Korner), Zmiana Bluesa, L. Winder Blues Band, Kapela Lakowa, Martyna Jakubowicz, Jacek Skubikowski , Pawek Ostafil, Jan Debrina   

Blues Archive

-article summary: donation of Lillian McMurry/Trumpet Records collection, including recording masters of Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Loves; Ann Rayburn of Oxford, MS., collection; photos of Robert Lockwood in Japan; Public Radio programs “highway #61 by Bill Ferris; several corporate donations of individual label records and promotional materials, including from the film Crossroads/ archive celebrated first year of operation: 169 research requests and 173 research visitors; donations from all over the world

Reader’s Column (Mail)

Letter from Gerald Parsons of the Smithsonian Institute---seeking someone to work in their special materials collection

Living Blues Radio Guide

Top 15 for October 85

-artists mentioned: Koko Taylor, Roy Buchanan, Sunnyland Slim, Professor Longhair, Various artists (Delmark), Duke Robillard, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Katie Webster, Lonnie Mack, Little Milton, Big Dad Kinsey, Denise LaSalle, Eddie C. Campbell, Artie White, Luther Johnson

Top 20 for November 1985

-artists mentioned: Koko Taylor, Various artists (Delmark), Roy Buchanan, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Professor Longhair, Big Daddy Kinsey, Sam Myers/Anson Funderburgh, Katie Webster, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Cray, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Little Milton, Eddie Vinson, Luther Johnson, Blind John Davis, Duke Robillard, Z.Z. Hill, Eddie Shaw, Valerie Wellington

Top 15 for December 1985

-artists mentioned: Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Eddie Shaw, Luther Johnson, Professor Longhair, Johnny Winter, Sam Myers/Anson Funderburgh, Big Daddy Kinsey, Little Milton, Bobby Bland, Roy Buchanan, Sunnyland Slim, Denise LaSalle, Katie Webster, Blues Caravan

Interview with B.B. King by Bill Ferris, Suzanne Steel, Warren Steel

-artists mentioned: Blind Lemon (Jefferson), Bumble Bee Slim, Rev. Gates, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tommy McClennan, Big Boy Crudup, Charles Brown, Nat Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Brown, Lowell Fulson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Curtis Jones, Levi Seabury, Bobby King, Bing Crosby, Rufus Thomas, Bobby Hackett, Mary Ford, Johnny Hodges, Stephan Grappelli, Oscar Peterson, Django Reinhardt

Article summary: B.B King answers questions regarding how he started collecting records, the records he collected, why he donated them to the Blues Archive, and how many records (and performers) shaped his career and playing style (see next article for what he actually donated (9,100 records)

The Blues Archive at Ole Miss by Bob Groom

-artists mentioned: B.B. King, Jimmie Rodgers, Harry Belafonte, Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith and the Southernaires, Lazy Lester, Jackie Wilson, Dinah Washington, Jack Williams, Vernon Garrett, J.J. Burton Garrett and Crossroads Band, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bukka White, T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Nat King ColeLightnin’ Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Otis Redding, Jerry Butler, Johnnie Taylor, Hank Williams, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Beethoven, Mitch Miller, Tampa Red, Lowell Fulson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bumble Bee Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Reverend Gates, Lonnie Johnson, Big Boy Crudup, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Charles Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Louis Jordan, Amos Milburn, T-Bone Walker, Roy Brown, Joe Turner, Jimmy McCracklin, J.M Gates, J.C. Burnett, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, the Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers, the Clovers, the Del Vikings, Percy Mayfield, the Red Tops, J.B. Lenoir, Pee Wee Crayton     

Article summary: Center for the Study of Southern Culture was first established in 1977; Bill Ferris became the director in 1979; archive opened in September 1984, founded on three individual collections: Kenneth S. Goldstein Folklore Collection (4,650 LPs- 250 45s,- 750- 78s-total= 5,650 ), B.B King (4,000 LPs- 700 45s- 4,400-78s-total=9, 100) and Living Blues (Jim and Amy O’Neal) (2,500 LPs-10,000 45s- 4,000 78s-total = 16,500)  Grand totals at time of writing: 12,750 LPs, 11,050 45s, 9.520 78s-total =33,320  

Living Blues Photo Contest Winners

-artists mentioned (in order): Robert Lockwood, Lonnie Brooks, Willie Dixon, Houston Stackhouse, Albert Collins, Mighty Joe Young, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, James “Son” Thomas/the Talking Heads, Mississippi Fred McDowell

 The 1985 W. C. Handy Awards (6^th annual)

-artists mentioned (performers): Koko Taylor, Rockin Sidney, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Lynn White, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Little John Chrisley, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Donald McMinn/Winners: J.B. Hutto, Buddy Guy, Slim Harpo, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King, Blues Records 1943-1966 by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven) (Blues Literature,  Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Alberta Hunter, Koko Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Son Seals, Jimmy Johnson& Eddy Clearwater, Joe Williams, Muddy Waters, Rockin’ Sidney/ Special Recognition Awards : Koko Taylor, John Landis, Michael Prussian, Bruce Iglauer, George Mitchell, the Ohio Blues Society, Malaco Records, Pervis Spann, WGBH Radio-Boston, Willie Nelson, MTV, Tom Pomposello (Fred/Alan Company), Reliance (amateur blues band contest winner)/Quote from Willie Nelson: Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, Ray Charles, B.B. King/Quote from Rockin Sidney: John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Lightnin’ Hopkins, B.B. King, Junior Parker, Bobby Blue Bland

Article summary; award show better (more professional than in past years; Koko Taylor won Best female artist for the sixth year in a row, but won two other awards as well, including entertainer of the year; Rockin Sidney (Sidney Semien) won two: song and single of the year; two Howlin’ Wolf LPs and one single voted to the Hall of Fame as “classics”      

Obituaries

Andrew Brown-age 48 by Dick Shurman

-artists mentioned: McKinley Mitchell, Cicero Blake, Emmett Sutton, Magic Sam, Byther Smith, Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, G.L. Crockett, Pinell Curry, Spurling Banks, Guitar Red (Paul Johnson), Willie Guest, the 5 Du-Tones, Buster Benton, Jimmy Johnson

Article summary: artist made a couple records in the 1970s-80s; one tour of Europe in 1982; died after prolonged battle with cancer; had the same day job for 27 years

Lloyd Glenn-1909-1985 by Dick Shurman

-artists mentioned: Big Mama Thornton, Little Ester Phillips, Percy Mayfield, Pee Wee Crayton, Big Joe Turner, Pinetop Smith, Meade Lux Lewis, Jimmy Yancey, T. Holder, Boots (Douglas) & His Buddies, B.B. King, Gene Phillips, Jesse Thomas, Walter Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, Harmonica Slim, Tommy Louis, Tiny Grimes, Gatemouth Brown, Kid Ory, Billy Hadnott, Tiny Webb, Jay McShann, Jimmy McCracklin, Ray Charles, Bob Harvey, Charles Brown, Earl Brown

Article summary: Texas born, West coast pianist stylist; long association with Lowell Fulson, made some records under his own name but better known as a n accompanist for virtually every Los Angeles blues artist at one point or another; could also play jazz and boogie woogie   

L.C. Greene-1921-1985 by Jim O’Neil

-artists mentioned: Walter Mitchell (Sam Kelley)

Article summary: little recorded Detroit blues guitarist; played with his cousin Walter Mitchell

Big Joe Turner

Joe Banashak

Carl Jones (of C.J. Records)

Eddie Taylor

LP Reviews

Various artists, Okeh Chicago Blues (Epic)

Various artists, Okeh Rhythm and Blues (Epic)

Big Voice Odom, Feel So Good (French-Isabel)

Various artists, Sorry But I Can’t Take You- Women’s Railroad Blues (Rosetta)

Various artists, Red White & Blues-Women Sing of America (Rosetta)

Various artists, Piano Singer’s Blues-Women Accompanying Themselves (Rosetta)

Valaida Snow, Hot Snow (Rosetta)

Various artists, Big Mamas-Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 2 (Rosetta)

Various artists, Super Sisters-Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 3 (Rosetta)

Amos Milburn, Let’s Have A Party (French-Pathe Marconi)

Amos Milburn, 12 Unreleased masters (French Pathe-Marconi)

Fats Domino, Walking to New Orleans (French-Pathe-Marconi)

Fats Domino, What a Party! (French-Pathe -Marconi)

Dave Bartholomew, Jump Children (French-Pathe-Marconi)

Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns, the Imperial Sides 1960-61 (French-Pathe-Marconi)

Ted Taylor, Be Ever Wonderful (Solpugdits)

Ernie Johnson, Just In time (Ronn)

Johnny Morrisette, Hell All the Way (Chronicle)

Vernon Garrett, Crossroads (California Gold)

Guitar Slim, The things That I Used to Do (British-Ace)

Guitar Slim (Japanese-Vivid Sound)

Jerry McCain, Black & Blues (Gas Company)

Jerry McCain, Southern Harp, Cadillac and the Blues (Japanese-P-Vine)

Jerry McCain, Living Legend (Zeus)

Jerry McCain, Blues on the Move (Robox)

The Robert Cray Band, False Accusations (Hightone)

Johnny Heartsman, Music on My Heart (Cat ‘n Hat)

Byther Smith, tell Me How You Like It U.S.-Grits/British-Red Lightnin’)

Byther Smith, Big Shot Smitty (Japanese-Mina)

Freddie King, Rockin’ the Blues-Live (German-Crosscut)

Albert King, At the Blues Festival-Live (Parrall)

Sunnyland Slim, Be Careful How You Vote (Airways)

Various artists, Blues Meeting in Chicago (Norwegian-Strawberry)

Various artists, Chicago Boogie (St. George)

Various artists, Southside Streamers: Chicago 1948-1958 (St. George)

Various artists, Harpsuckers (St. George)

List of Adverts

Airborne Talent (complete list of all blues acts under contract), p.i

Blues & Rhythm & the Gospel Truth (magazine-England)

B.L.U.E.S. (Chicago nightclub), p. 9

Johnny Littlejohn/Rooster Blues Records, p. 11

Sing Out Folk Song Magazine, p. 13

Tom Radai Blues Management Group, p. 14

Southern Culture Records/Rooster Blues Records, p. 15

Sunnyland Slim/Airways Records, p. 16

Magic Slim & The Teardrops/Blue Dog Records, p. 17

Get The Beat (reggae magazine), p. 27

Red Beans Records, p. 28

Living Blues Subscription Letter from James Cotton, p. 30

Wavelength Magazine, p. 32

 Pfister Sisters/Cousin Joe/Great Southern Records, p. 33

Living Blues Bumper Sticker, p. 34

Concerted Efforts (booking agents), p. 35

Antone’s (t-shirts and book by Susan Antone), p. 36

Rooster Blues Records Sales, p. 37

University Microfilms International, p. 38

Classified Ads, pp. 38-39

Living Blues Back Issues – 20 still available; only one earlier than #37, p. 39

Elderly Instruments, p. 39

2^nd Annual Chunky Rhythm and Blues Festival, p. 40

Alligator Records, p. 41

Rosebud Agency-10^th Anniversary Thank You Letter from Mike Kappus, p. 42 (back cover)

Number of Pages: 43

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