About the Author

Nadine Cohodas is the author of "Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change "and "The Band Played Dixie: Race and Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss."

Reviews

"Filled with facts and funk, "Spinning Blues into Gold" tells a rough-and-tumble American story: how Chicago's Leonard and Phil Chess got black electric blues on wax and sent it round the world. A compelling, at times poignant book, superbly researched and sensitively written by Nadine Cohodas." ---Michael Lydon, author of "Ray Charles: Man and Music"