British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues
Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the
then-nascent, now-legendary blues revival that reclaimed seminal
figures like Son House and Skip James from obscurity. Throughout
its history, Blues Unlimited heightened the literacy of blues fans,
documented the latest news and career histories of countless
musicians, and set the standard for revealing long-form interviews.
Conducted by Bill Greensmith, Mike Leadbitter, Mike Rowe, John
Broven, and others, and covering a who's who of blues masters,
these essential interviews from Blues Unlimited shed light on their
subjects while gleaning colorful detail from the rough and tumble
of blues history. Here is Freddie King playing a string of
one-nighters so grueling it destroys his car; five-year-old
Fontella Bass gigging at St. Louis funeral homes; and Arthur "Big
Boy" Crudup rising from life in a packing crate to music stardom.
Here, above all, is an eyewitness history of the blues written in
neon lights and tears, an American epic of struggle and
transcendence, of Saturday night triumphs and Sunday morning
anonymity, of clean picking and dirty deals. Featuring interviews
with: Fontella Bass, Ralph Bass, Fred Below, Juke Boy Bonner, Roy
Brown, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Joe
Dean, Henry Glover, L.C. Green, Dr. Hepcat, Red Holloway, Louise
Johnson, Floyd Jones, Moody Jones, Freddie King, Big Maceo
Merriweather, Walter Mitchell, Louis Myers, Johnny Otis, Snooky
Pryor, Sparks Brothers, Jimmy Thomas, Jimmy Walker, and Baby Boy
Warren.
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