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Through the Years: A Historical Sketch of Leon County (Leathers), 2

Time Records, 116

“Tim Moore’s Farm,” 55, 102, 123, 181–82; as protest song, 54, 86–87, 234

Titon, Jeff Todd, 96

“T’ Model Blues,” 55

TNT Records, 62, 64, 91

Tolbert, Frank, 43

“Tom Moore.” See “Tim Moore’s Farm”

Tonneau, Serge, 152

Tradition Records, 89, 298n53

A Treasury of Field Recordings (recording), 90

Trident Press, 155, 167

Turner, Ben, 64

Turner, B. K. “Black Ace,” 56

Turner, Felton, 85

The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men (recording), 89

University of Texas Law School, 85

“Unsuccessful Blues (Can’t Be Successful),” 50

“Up on Telegraph,” 191

Van Ronk, Dave, 145

Van Zandt, Townes, 190, 232

Vaughan, Jimmie, 211, 232

Vaughan, Stevie Ray, 211, 232–33

Verve Records, 149

“Vietnam War,” 187

Village Gate, 104, 107, 114, 130, 132–33, 215

von Schmidt, Eric, 112

“Walking Blues,” 50

Walkin’ This Road by Myself (recording), 122–23

“The War Is Over,” 63

Warren’s Bottom (Texas), 2–3, 5

Washington, Lorine, 6, 125

Waterman, Dick, 193

Waters, Muddy, 47, 56–57, 61, 66, 113, 151, 192, 198, 203–5, 221, 235, 307n34

Watson, Doc, 196

Watson, Johnny “Guitar,” 67

Wawzyn, Dietrich, 131

WDIA, 66–67

Weavers, 70, 104–6

Welding, Pete, 106

Wesley, Carter, 86

“West Coast Blues,” 43

Wheelin’ on Beale (radio program), 66

“Whiskey Headed Woman,” 49

White, Bukka, 190

White, Hattie Mae, 85

White, Tony Joe, 190

Whiz Records, 153

Wiesand, Stephanie, 141

Williams, Big Joe, 50, 84, 100–1

Williams, Clarence, 23

Williamson, John Lee “Sonny Boy,” 30, 84, 141, 310n89

Williams, L. C., 56, 103

Williams, Moohah, 66

Williams, Ted, 35

Wills, Bob, 46

Wilmer, Val, 143–44

Wilson, Harding “Hop,” 55, 239

Wilson, John S., 81–82, 93, 115

Wilson, Ron, 208, 211, 220

Winter, Johnny, 184

WLAC, 67

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

Wood, W. D., 2

World Pacific Records, 101

Wright, Dan, 29

Wynne, Angus III, 134

Yates, Peter, 156

Ziehm, Howard, 120

“Zolo Go,” 50–51

zydeco, 33, 51

Also by Alan Govenar

Nonfiction

Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound

Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity and Achievement

The Early Years of Rhythm and Blues

Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist

Masters of Traditional Arts: A Biographical Dictionary

African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories

Portraits of Community: African American Photography in Texas

Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where the Black and White Worlds of Dallas Converged (with Jay F. Brakefield)

American Tattoo

Meeting the Blues: The Rise of the Texas Sound

Flash From the Past: Classic American Tattoo Designs 1890–1965 (with Ed Hardy)

A Joyful Noise: A Celebration of New Orleans Music (with Michael P. Smith)

Living Texas Blues

For Young Readers

Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts

Stompin’ at the Savoy

Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter

Essay Collections

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore (with Francis Abernethy and Patrick B. Mullen)

Artist Books

Hotung Shadows

Pachinko Stops

Tour Bus Tanka

Umbrellas in Beijing

For Boys Who Dream of War

Daddy Double Do Love You

Cold Earth

Midnight Song

Also by Alan Govenar

The Blues and Jives of Dr. Hepcat

Daddy Double Do Love You

Casa di Dante, Arcadian Press

The Light in Between

The Life and Poems of Osceola Mays

Paradise in the Smallest Thing

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1

Early Years

2

Travels with Texas Alexander

3

The Move to Houston

4

Rediscovery

5

The Blues Revival Heats Up

6

The Touring Intensifies

7

Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale

8

An Expanding Audience

9

The Last Decade

Discography

Endnotes

Selected Bibliography

Index