The chitlin' circuit : and the road to rock 'n' roll /
Chitlings circuit
Preston Lauterbach.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
- xi, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-321) and index.
Nondescript places -- A hundred dollars crooked -- The midget maestro -- The stroll -- Sunset -- Rock and stomp opus -- The loser goes to the hospital, the winner goes to jail -- The bronze peacock -- The gate swings -- 'Tween the Tip In Inn and the Church of God -- Roy Brown's good rockin' revival -- Female trouble -- All part of the game -- A little like going to heaven -- Crossover -- Shootin' and cuttin' and shit -- The hardest-working man in show business -- Renewal.
Rock music--History and criticism.--United States Rhythm and blues music--History and criticism. Rock musicians--United States--Biography. Blues musicians--United States--Biography. Rhythm and blues musicians--United States--Biography. African American musicians--Biography. African American singers--Biography. Popular music--History and criticism.