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192, 193, 215; victim, self-portrayal as, 15, 37; at Village Gate, 107, 114, 130, 132–33; virtuosity of, viii, 18; white audiences, performing for, 80, 100–1, 112, 117, 122, 137, 145, 183, 218, 234; whites, distrust of, 68, 129, 211–12; wife, as term, loose attitude toward, 18, 38; will of, 228–29

“Hopkins Sky Hop,” 64–65

House Committee for Un-American Activities, 104

House, Son, 147, 190

Houston (Texas): African Americans in, 31–33, 86, 293n39; black music scene in, 52; Creole population in, 51; Dowling Street in, 33, 36, 39, 199, 304n61; Fifth Ward in, 32–33, 86; Fourth Ward in, 32, 86; marching bands in, 33; racism in, as rampant, 32, 84–86; Third Ward in, 33–35, 52–54, 86, 199

Houston, Cisco, 111, 114

Houston Folklore Group, 69, 79, 81, 92, 97

Howlin’ Wolf, 141, 219

“Howling Wolf Blues,” 49

Hughes, Joe, 232

Hurt, Mississippi John, 145, 147

“I Can’t Stay Here in Your Town,” 239. See also “Rocky Mountain Blues”

“Ida Mae,” 17, 64–65. See also “Don’t Think ‘Cause You’re Pretty”

“I Feel So Bad,” 43

“I’m Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own,” 151

“I’m Wild about You Baby,” 63

International Artists Records, 184, 306n23

It’s a Sin to Be Rich (recording), 307n60

“I’ve Been ‘Buked (and Scorned),” 11

“I’ve Got My Mojo Working,” 113

“I Worked Down on the Chain Gang,” 14

Jackson, J. J., 209

Jackson, John, xiii

Jackson, Lil’ Son, 56, 58, 295n61

Jackson, Rayfield, 67

“Jackstropper Blues,” 58

Jack Yates High School, 33

“Jail House Blues,” 14, 55, 239

“Jake Head Boogie,” 58

James, Clifton, 141

James, Elmore, 131

James, Skip, 147, 307n34

Jax Records, 62

Jazzman (Ramsey and Smith), 70

Jazz: New Orleans 1885–1957 (Charters), 70

Jefferson Airplane, 173

Jefferson, Blind Lemon, ix, 9–11, 18, 23, 43, 75–76, 84, 87, 146, 289n39

Jefferson, George, 10–11

Jefferson, Marcella, 10–11

“Jesus, Won’t You Come by Here,” 11, 121. See also “Now Is the

Needy Time”

Jewel Records, 149, 150, 151, 186

Jim Crow laws, 32, 85

Johnson, Conrad, 33

Johnson, Floyd, 4

Johnson, Lonnie, 23, 30

Johnson, Robert, 17

“Jole Blon,” 46, 48

Jones, Abner, 33

Jones, Little Hat, 23

Jordan, Tucker, 8

Joseph, Harold “Frenchy,” 146

juke joints, 25

Juneteenth Blues Festival, 205, 221, 223; and “Lightnin’ Hopkins Day,” 220

Kagan, Shel, 130

Kahal, Sol, 294n47

“Katie Mae Blues,” 43, 116

KCOH, 53

Kelly, J. D., xii

Kelly, Reverend Johnny, 227

Kessler, Joe, 118

KFVD, 66–67

Kilpatrick, Joe “Spider,” 77, 103, 122–23, 146

King, B. B., 233

King, Freddie, 232

King, Martin Luther Jr., 86

Knight, Elizabeth, 104

Kroll, Connie, 62

KPRC, 40

KYOK, 53

Lacy, Elamer, 16, 28, 38, 224

Lang, Eddie, 23

Langford, Clyde, xiii, 4, 8, 18, 37, 42

Last Night Blues (recording), 107, 109

“Late in the Evening,” 64

Lay, Sam, 148

“Leaving Blues,” 64

Ledbetter, Huddie (Leadbelly), 15, 61, 70, 79, 87, 100, 115, 156

Ledbetter, Martha, 115, 129

Leadbitter, Mike, 41, 179, 301n81

Legacy of the Blues series, 203

Lennon, John, 184

Leonard, Victor, 122

Leon County (Texas), 1, 12; slave property in, 2

Leona (Texas), 5

Lester, Julius, 172

“Let Me Play with Your Poodle,” 36

“Letter to Lightnin’ Hopkins,” 299n21

“(Letter to My) Back Door Friend,” 150

“Levee Camp Moan,” 25

Leventhal, Harold, 79, 83, 104–5, 110–11, 114, 121

Lewis, George, 70

Lewis, Huey, 230, 310n89

Lewis, Stan, 149–50, 186, 192

“Life I Used to Live,” 64

Lightnin’ (recording), 109

“Lightnin’ Blues,” 50, 131, 132

Lightnin’ and the Blues (recording), 115–16

Lightnin’ and Co. (recording), 123

Lightnin’ in New York (recording), 110, 111

“Lightnin’ Don’t Feel Well,” 65. See also “Wonder What Is Wrong with Me”

Lightnin’ Hopkins Appreciation Society, 151

Lightning Hopkins: Last of the Great

Blues Singers (recording), 116

Lightnin’ Hopkins, Rare Performances 1960–1979 (recording), 302n7

Lightnin’ Hopkins Strums the Blues (recording), 115

“Lightnin’ Jump,