Table of Contents

Preface - The Background of the Blues - The Emergence of the Blues - The Geographical Base - Non-commerical Recordings: The 1920s and 1930s - Non-commerical Recordings: The 1940s - Atlanta Strut: The Pianists - Goin' to Town - Down in Atlanta, GA - Goin' Down in Georgia: Georgia Blues Today - Greenville Sheik - On Up the Road - Bull City Blues: Durham, North Carolina - Blind Boy Fuller - Blind Gary Davis in North Carolina - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Other Blues in North Carolina - Goin' to Richmond: Virginia and the Northern Border Regions - Goin' Up the Country: The Migration North - Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More - Index