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51. Stan Lewis, interview by Alan Govenar, August 7, 2008.

52. Colin Escott, liner notes to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fishing Clothes, The Jewel Recordings, 1965–69, Demon Music Group, 2001.

53. Lewis, August 7, 2008.

54. Ibid.

55. “Wig Wearing Woman,” Jewel 766 and Jewel LP 5000, reissued on Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fishing Clothes, The Jewel Recordings, 1965–69, Demon Music Group, 2001.

56. Lightnin’ recorded this song twice for Jewel; the first version is the one with acoustic-electric guitar that was released as a single, for which Robin Hood Brians was likely the engineer. The second version, which has a very electric guitar lead, was an unissued take from The Great Electric Show and Dance album. The voice heard at the beginning of this track is Bill Holford at ACA in Houston.

57. “(Letter to My) Back Door Friend,” Jewel 788 and Jewel LP 5015, reissued on Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fishing Clothes, The Jewel Recordings, 1965–69, Demon Music Group, 2001.

58. Lightnin’ Hopkins, “I’m Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own,” on Lightnin’ Hopkins, Soul Blues, Prestige LP 7377.

59. John Holt, letter to Folkways Records, June 6, 1965, Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Lightning Hopkins file.

60. Paul Oliver, “The World of Lightnin’ Hopkins,” The Texas Blues Society, December 1965, pp. 7–9.

61. Rubenstein’s M & I Department Store was located in the 2100 block of Dowling, and his third store was called Well Worth’s in the 2700 block of Dowling. At the time, many of the stores on Dowling were Jewish owned and serviced the African American community, which Mansel pointed out by saying, “They had for decades. Blacks couldn’t shop downtown, and the Jewish-owned businesses helped people out—the shoe stores, furniture stores, and even the Dowling Theatre.” The loan offices and pawnshops functioned as banks for some blacks, who had great difficulty borrowing money.

62. Strachwitz, October 19, 2008.

7. Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale

1. J. J. Phillips, e-mail correspondence, October 13, 2008.

2. Ibid., May 28, 2009.

3. Ibid., June 2, 2009.

4. Here, the events in Phillips’s life are contrary to the immediate infatuation that the fictional Eunice experiences when she hears the recording by Blacksnake Brown.

5. Phillips, June 2, 2009.

6. Ibid. October 23, 2008.

7. Ibid., May 27, 2009.

8. Ibid., May 28, 2009.

9. J. J. Phillips, interview by Alan Govenar, October 14, 2008.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid., October 13, 2008.

12. Live at the Bird Lounge Guest Star LP 1459. In December 1964, Lightnin’ recorded another song, titled “Chicken Minnie,” that was apparently about Phillips, though Phillips didn’t hear it until 2009.

13. J. J. Phillips, interview by Alan Govenar, June 3, 2009.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid., October 23, 2008.

16. Ibid. May 23, 2009.

17. Ibid., May 23, 2009.

18. Ibid., October 14, 2008. In Mojo Hand, this cafe became the basis for the Raleigh Palace Bar.

19. Ibid.

20. Ibid.

21. Ibid. In Mojo Hand, Phillips based the character of X. L. Millson on Billy Bizor.

22. Ibid.

23. J. J. Phillips, e-mail correspondence, May 27, 2009.

24. Ibid., May 23, 2009.

25. Ibid., October 13, 2008.

26. Ibid.

27. Ibid.

28. Mrs. Frook and Mrs. Johnson in Mojo Hand are based on two of the older women that Phillips met in Hattie’s shop. Hattie’s store became the artificial flower shop in the novel.

29. Phillips, May 20, 2009.

30. J. J. Phillips, letter to Albert Murray, 2002.

31. J. J. Phillips, interview by Alan Govenar, May 31, 2009.

32. Ibid., May 28, 2009.

33. Ibid., October 14, 2008.

34. Ibid

35. Ibid., October 23, 2008.

36. Ibid.

37. Ibid., June 3, 2009.

38. Ibid., October 14, 2008.

39. Ibid.

40. Ibid.

41. Ibid., October 23, 2008.

42. Ibid.

43. Ibid., May 28, 2009.

44. Harriet Doar, “Blue Notes and Voodoo,” Charlotte Observer, November 6, 1966.

45. Jane Phillips, Mojo Hand, New York: Simon & Schuster Pocket Books, 1969.

46. Albert Murray, The Omni-Americans, New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1970, 125–126.