Packing themselves into an old jalopy-with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and
Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the
back-they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep
South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards.
Across the kids' laps lay Daddy's prized possession, a six-string
guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he
really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale of the
African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a
homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African
music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads. In the
book's backmatter, Garland relates how he first heard and fell in
love with blues music, beginning a lifelong fandom. Portraits and
thumbnail biographies of great blues musicians and landmark songs
complete this tribute to the great American music and the yearnings
that produced it. Fountas & Pinnell Level S
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