About the Author

The compilers of this volume come from a mixture of backgrounds. Robert M. W. Dixon is Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at the Australian National University. He has done original field research on the indigenous languages of Australia, Fiji, and Amazonia, besides writing A New Approach to English Grammar: On Semantic Principles (Clarendon Press, 1991). The late John Godrich was in the Merchant Navy and then worked as a clerk at Swansea Docks. Howard Rye, who like Dixon is an Oxford graduate, is an independent scholar of jazz and blues. He is principal researcher for the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and is a regular contributor to jazz and blues publications. From 1980 to 1995, he was editor of Collectors Items.

Reviews

Praise for the third edition: Indispensable: every music library should have it, and it will be a high priority item on any blues collector's list.--Ethnomusicology
The definitive discography of the genre; it is comprehensive and accurate to the extreme, and is essential for all those who are interested in pre-war blues and gospel recordings.--Goldmine
Absolutely indispensible to anyone with an interest in pre-war Blues and Gospel music.--Blues Unlimited