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Cooks, Donald, 62, 64, 123

“Coon Is Hard to Catch,” 119

Cooper, Rob, 32

Copeland, Johnny, 232

Corry, John, 232

country blues, 41, 46, 56, 84, 87

Country Blues (recording), 87, 89

The Country Blues (Charters), 73, 84, 95, 157

country suppers, 6–7

Crawford, Don, 149

Crowe, H. M., 64, 293n38

Crudup, Arthur “Big Boy,” 41, 47

Cullum, Lola Ann, 40–42, 44–45, 93, 108, 119, 146, 301n81, 301n82

Cullum, Dr. Samuel J., 40

Cushing, Steve, 222–23

Daily, H. W. “Pappy,” 119

Dallas (Texas): Deep Ellum neighborhood in, 22

Dane, Barbara, 99–100, 125, 131, 138–40, 145, 191

Darin, Bobby, 168–69

Davis, Carl, 23

Davis, Duke, 184–85

Davis, Reverend Gary, 147, 149

Davis, Oscar, xii

Davis, Uel L., 10

Dawkins, Ray, xiv, 1, 2, 9, 17–18, 44

“DC-7,” 118

“Death Bells,” 225

Decca Records, 62, 64

“Deceitful Blues,” 26

De Menil, Christophe, 218–20

De Menil, Dominique, 204–5

DeSanto, Sugar Pie, 141

“Devil Is Watching You,” 119

Diddley, Bo, 67

“The Dirty Dozens,” 89–90

Distler, Marian, 92

Ditzell, Steve, 221

Dixon, Willie, 141, 143, 147–48, 222

D’Lugoff, Art, 104, 114, 133

Dobell, Doug, 87

Donnell, Delmar, 113

“Don’t Need No Job,” 64

“Don’t Think ‘Cause You’re Pretty,” 64–65. See also “Ida Mae”

“Don’t Wanna Be Baptized,” 193

Dougherty, Gordon, 134

Down Home Blues (recording), 137, 145

Down South Summit Meetin’ (recording), 101

dozens, 89–90

“Drinkin’ Wine Spodee-O-Dee,” 117

Duke/Peacock Records, 52

Dunbar, Rob, 13

Dupree, C. A., 34

Dylan, Bob, 147–48, 156

Earle, Steve, 232

Eggers, Kevin, 190

El Dorado Ballroom, 33–34, 39

Electric Mud (recording), 192

Elliott, Rambling Jack, 120, 194

Elizabeth II, 87–88

Englelow, G. R., 3

Estes, Sleepy John, 47, 141

“Ethel Mae,” 56

“European Blues,” 37

Evans, Belton, 107, 109

Evans, Fallon, 166

“Fan It,” 75

Filene, Benjamin, 84

“Fishing Clothes,” 149

floating lyrics, ix, 12

folk revival, vii, 70, 95, 129; acoustic sound, championing of, 93–94

Folkways Records, 70, 81, 90–93, 203, 298n64

Foster, Pops, 133

Foster, Preston, 113

Four Chords and Seven Years Ago (recording), 310n89

“Fox Chase,” 184

Frankenstein, Alfred, 98

Freedom Records, 294n47

Freedom Riders, 133

Free Form Patterns (recording), 184, 185, 187

“Freight Train Blues,” 80. See also “Hobo Blues”

Fuller, Jesse, 131

Fulson, Lowell, 29, 131

Funderburgh, Anson, 212–14, 232

Gabriel, Lee, 5–6, 8

Ganz, Isabelle, 85

Gardner, Ida Mae, 17–18

Gardner, Peter, 129

Garrett, Joe, 190

Gaskin, Leonard, 107, 109

Gaslight Club, 148

Gerson, Skip, 174, 175, 177, 180

Gibbons, Billy, ix, 227, 232

Gillespie, Dizzy, 174, 175

Gillette, Pip, xiii

Ginther, Noble, 184, 185

“Give Me Central 209,” 59–61. See also “Hello Central, Give Me Heaven”

“Give Me Time to Think,” 184

Glenn, John, 123

“Glory Be,” 113

“Go Down Ol’ Hannah,” 89

Goin’ Away (recording), 120, 127, 132

“Goin’ Back to Florida,” 76

“Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk to Mama),” 2

Goldberg, Joe, 109

Gold Star Records, 46, 48–51, 55, 57–58

Goldstein, Kenneth S., 117

“Good Morning, Little School Girl,” 36, 124, 310n89

“Goodnight Irene,” 70

“Got to Move Your Baby,” 108

The Great Electric Show and Dance (recording), 192, 304n56

Green, Debbie, 120

Greenhill, Manny, 111

Greenhill, Mitch, 111–12, 145

Greenspun, Roger, 180

Grossman, Albert, 147

Grubbs, Jimmie Lee, 79

Guggenheim, Diane (aka Diane Hamilton), 89, 298n53

Gulf Records, 46

“Had a Gal Named Sal,” 64

Hall, Michael, 211

Hammond, John, 70, 216

Hancock, Hunter, 66–67

Handy, W. C., 40

Hansen, Barry, 195

“Happy Blues for John Glenn,” 123

“Happy New Year,” 63

Harlem, 133

Harlem Holiday (radio program), 66

Harlem Matinee (radio program), 66

Harold, Dr. Cecil, xi, xiii, 53, 183–84, 188, 200–1, 203–4, 209, 224–25, 227, 233

Harris, John “Fat Jack,” 22

Harris, Peppermint