Between Midnight and Day : The Last Unpublished Blues Archive

by Waterman, Dick

• ISBN13: 9781560255475
• ISBN10: 1560255471
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-19
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive celebrates the rich heritage of one of America's greatest cultural legacies, the blues. Dick Waterman has been representing and photographing blues artists for over fifty years and in Between Midnight and Day, he collects these rare images, many previously unseen, and illuminates them with his own first-hand commentary offering his unique perspective as an agent, representative, photographer, and friend to some of the most influential figures in American music. Waterman includes personal recollections and 120 color photographs of blues legends like Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Son House, "Mississippi" John Hurt, Skip James, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Fred McDowell, Bonnie Raitt, Otis Rush, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Mama Thornton, Sippie Wallace, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Bukka White, and Howlin' Wolf. Contributors include critically acclaimed music biographer Peter Guralnick, Grammy award-winning musician Bonnie Raitt, and author Chris Murray.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
Preface	p. 10
Introduction	p. 12
Mississippi John Hurt	p. 18
Skip James	p. 24
Son House	p. 32
Howling Wolf	p. 42
Muddy Waters	p. 46
B. B. King	p. 50
Reverend Gary Davis	p. 54
Jessie Fuller	p. 58
John Hammond	p. 60
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez	p. 62
Furry Lewis	p. 64
Will Shade	p. 66
Lightning Hopkins	p. 70
Mance Lipscomb	p. 74
Booker White	p. 76
Sleepy John Estes	p. 80
Chuck Berry	p. 82
Brownie Mcghee and Sonny Terry	p. 84
Mississippi Fred McDowell	p. 86
Taj Mahal	p. 90
Big Joe Williams	p. 92
Bobby Bland	p. 94
Arthur Crudup	p. 96
Luther Allison	p. 102
Albert King	p. 106
Otis Rush	p. 108
Robert Pete Williams	p. 110
Buddy Guy	p. 116
Eric Clapton	p. 120
Junior Wells	p. 124
Roosevelt Sykes	p. 132
Big Mama Thornton	p. 134
Janis Joplin	p. 138
Joseph Spence	p. 142
Sippie Wallace	p. 144
Champion Jack Dupree	p. 146
Willie Dixon	p. 150
Ray Charles	p. 152
Albert Collins	p. 154
Charles Brown	p. 156
Junior Kimbrough	p. 158
Bobby Rush	p. 160
Mavis Staples	p. 162
Robert Lockwood	p. 164
Othar Turner	p. 166
Etta James	p. 168
John Lee Hooker	p. 170
Acknowledgements	p. 172
Colophon	p. 176
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