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47. Phillips, October 23, 2008.
8. An Expanding Audience
1. Ken Sharp, “Backstage Pass: It Don’t Come Easy for Ringo Starr,” Goldmine, May 22, 2008.
2. Les Blank, interview by Alan Govenar, May 30, 2008.
3. Les Blank, Dizzy Gillespie, Flower Films, 1965.
4. Les Blank, God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance, Flower Films, 1968.
5. Les Blank, interview by Alan Govenar, May 30, 2008.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Mike Leadbitter, Nothing But the Blues, London: Hanover Books, 1971, p. 168.
15. Roger Greenspun, “The Screen: 2 Studies of Popular Music Groups Open,” New York Times, December 21, 1970.
16. Mike Leadbitter, liner notes to Lightnin’ Hopkins: King of Dowling Street, Liberty/UA Records [UK], LP 83254.
17. Chris Strachwitz, interview by Alan Govenar, May 20, 2009.
18. Harold V. Ratliff, “Texas System to Lose Stand By, Colorful, Towering Bud Russell, Prison Transfer Agent, Retires,” Dallas Morning News, May 25, 1944.
19. Arhoolie LP 1034.
20. Carroll Peery, interview by Alan Govenar, May 22, 2009.
21. Bill Minutaglio, “Saying Goodbye,” Houston Chronicle, February 2, 1982.
22. “Legendary Blues Artist Dies of Pneumonia at 60,” Houston Chronicle, February 1, 1982.
23. Between 1965 and 1970, International Artists released twelve albums and thirty-nine singles and was primarily known for its roster of Texas psychedelic rock bands, including the 13th Floor Elevators, Red Crayola, and Bubble Puppy.
24. Mansel Rubinstein, interview by Alan Govenar, May 7, 2009.
25. John David Bartlett, interview by Alan Govenar, October 26, 2008.
26. Duke Davis, interview by Paul Drummond, e-mail, May 6, 2009. For more information, see Paul Drummond. Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators. Port Townsend, WA: Process, 2007.
27. Other Houston shows from this period (listed in the Houston Post’s “Nowsounds Calendar”) are: January 26 and 27, 1968 at Love Street Light Circus, with the Starvation Army Band; and March 23 and 24, 1968 at Love Street Light Circus, with the Shaydes.
28. Danny Thomas, interview by Paul Drummond, e-mail, May 6, 2009.
29. Bartlett, October 26, 2008.
30. Don Logan, interview by Alan Govenar, August 7, 2008.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. John Lomax, Jr. and Alan Lomax also appeared at the event (“A Tribute to the Lomax Family” was part of the program). Muddy Waters and Skip James were featured as well. For a full text of the program and a full listing of the roster of the 1968 Festival of American Folklife, see www.archive.org/stream/1968festivalofam00fest/1968festivalofam00fest_djvu.txt.
35. Ed Pearl, interview by Alan Govenar, July 16, 2008.
36. Bromberg, October 14, 2008.
37. Ibid.
38. Tony Joe White liner notes to California Mudslide (and Earthquake), Vault LP 129.
39. Robert Earl Hardy, A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt, Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2008, p. 62.
40. Adam Machado, liner notes to Hear Me Howling, Arhoolie CD 518 and Arhoolie CD 519.
41. Strachwitz, May 20, 2009.
42. Alan Govenar, Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2008.
43. Logan, August 7, 2008.
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Dan Morgenstern, Living with Jazz, edited by Sheldon Meyer, New York: Pantheon Books, 2004, p. 511.
47. Dick Waterman, Between Night and Day, San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2004.
48. Ibid.
49. David Benson, interview by Alan Govenar, November 14, 2008. See also, Sam Charters, “Po’ Lightnin’: Some Thoughts about Lightnin’ Hopkins,” booklet in Lightnin’ Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings, Fantasy, 1991, p. 29.
50. Ed Pearl, July 16, 2008.
51. Ibid.
52. Ibid.
53. Bernie Pearl, interview by Alan Govenar, July 17, 2008.
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid.
56. Ibid., July 16, 2008.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid., July 17, 2008.
59. Ibid.
60. The other contenders were “Blues Piano Orgy” with Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, and Sunnyland Slim; “Walking the Blues” by Otis Spann; and “Live at