The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People from Charley Patton to Robert Cray

by Francis Davis, Francis Davis

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Francis Davis was an American author and journalist. He was best known as the jazz critic for The Village Voice, and a contributing editor for The Atlantic Monthly. He had also worked in radio and film, and taught courses on Jazz and Blues at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a 1994 recipient of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts.