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“Lightnin’s Piano Boogie,” 110

Lightnin’ Slim (Otis Hicks), 232

Lightning Strikes (recording), 119, 149, 198, 301n82

Lippmann, Horst, 135, 147

Lipscomb, Mance, 54, 102–3, 131, 140, 179, 181, 188, 190, 197, 231

“Little Antoinette,” 182

Little Richard (Richard Penniman), 67

“Little School Girl,” 56

Little Walter (Walter Jacobs), 148

Live at the Bird Lounge (recording), 161

Lockett, Jesse, 46

Logan, Don, 186–88, 192

Lohr, Fran Petters, 190

Lomax, Alan, 147, 307n34

Lomax, John A. Jr., 69, 78–79, 92, 96–101, 104, 117, 140, 175, 179, 188, 227, 307n34

Lomax, John A. Sr., 100

The London Muddy Waters Session (recording), 198

Lone Star Colored Baseball League of Texas, 21

Lore, Nick, 300n51

Lyday, Jim, 79

Lyon, George, 137

lynching, 3

Mahal, Taj, 194

Marshall, Thurgood, 86

Mary Allen College, 9, 289n35

“Matchbox Blues,” 136

Matrix (club), 173–74

Mayhew, Aubrey, 146

McAdoo, Bill, 104–5

McCarthy, Joseph, 104

McCartney, Paul, 184

McCaskill, Bill “Rascal,” 53

McCormick, Robert “Mack,” 18, 30, 45, 47, 54, 61, 68, 69–70, 73, 84, 90, 93, 95–96, 98, 101–4, 106–8, 113, 117, 119, 120–23, 146, 153, 188, 297n37, 298n64; arrest warrant of, 127; and Folkways letter, 91–92; Lightnin’ Hopkins, promoting of, 78–81, 83; Lightnin’ Hopkins, recording of, 76–77, 87, 89; Lightnin’ Hopkins, relationship with, as deteriorating, 124–28

McDowell, Fred, 147, 231

McGhee, Brownie, 70, 79–80, 100, 147, 210, 299n21

“Mean Old Frisco,” 109

“Mean Old Twister,” 43

Meeker, Robert C., 53

Mello, Breno, 159

Mercury Records, 62, 64

“Mercy,” 48

“Merry Christmas,” 63

Mesner, Eddie, 41, 43, 45, 48

Michel, Ed, 101

“Mighty Crazy,” 111

Mikofsky, Anton J., 218–20

Milburn, Amos, 40–41, 44

Miles, Luke “Long Gone,” 99, 103, 189

Miller, Henry, 171

Milton, Mabel, 13, 125

“Mini Skirt,” 184

Mississippi Sheiks, 23

Mister Jelly Roll (Lomax), 70

“Moanin’ Blues,” 64

Modern Records, 48, 58

“Mojo Hand,” 113, 114, 193, 206, 300n62

Mojo Hand (Phillips), 155, 159, 166–67; critical reaction to, 171–72

Mojo Hand (recording), 113, 130

Monroe, Bill, 196

Moon, Bucklin, 167

“Moonrise Blues,” 49

Moore, Chintz, 22–23

Moore, Ella B., 22

Moore, Tom, 54–55, 87, 102. See also

“Tom Moore’s Farm”

Morgenstern, Dan, 132–33, 192

Morrison, Van, 230, 310n89

Mousner, Jim, 86

“Move on Out Boogie,” 64, 151

“Mr. Charlie,” 97, 184, 186, 219, 223

“Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down,” See “Mr. Charlie”

Mullen, Patrick, 84

Murray, Albert, 171

Musselwhite, Charlie, 67

“My Little Kewpie Doll,” 64–65. See also “Bad Boogie”

Naifeh, Alfie, 200, 212

Napier-Bell, Simon, 152

Nash, Tom, 5

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 85

National Students Association, 156

Newell, Inez, 46

New Lost City Ramblers, 114

Newport Folk Festival, 147

Nixon, Elmore, 137, 185, 187

Nixon, Hammie, 141

Normangee (Texas), 22

“Nothin’ But the Blues,” 65

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

Ochs, Phil, 145

Odetta, 156

“Old Country Stomp,” 7

Oliver, Joe “King,” 23, 61

Oliver, Paul, xiii, 95, 102–4, 142, 151–52, 295n69

Olivier, Barry, 97

O’Neal, Jim, 222

On the Road Again: Down Home Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and More (film), 302n7

Otis, Charles “Honey Man,” 219

Paley, Tom, 114

Palmer, Earl, 149

Palmer, Robert, 205, 222

Patoski, Joe Nick, 134, 302–3n11

A Pattern of Words (television program), 110

Patterson, J. L. Jr., 127

Paula Records, 186

Pearl, Bernie, 194–95, 197, 232

Pearl, Ed, 98–100, 125, 189, 194, 196, 197, 198

Peery, Carroll, 118–19, 138–39, 183, 191, 235

“Penitentiary Blues” (“Groesbeck Blues”), 75, 181–82. See also

“Bud Russell Blues”

Phelan, Charlotte, 82–83, 88

Phillips, J. J., 155, 166, 170, 304n4, 305n12; arrest of, 157; background of, 156; and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 157–69, 171–72

Phillis Wheatley High School, 33

Pickens, Buster,