This remarkable collection
of blues photographs was drawn from the files of Stephen LaVere, who has been
collecting blues photographs since pianist and songwriter Walter Gross (he wrote
Tenderly) gave him a camera as a gift for his eleventh birthday. Artists
featured in this collection include: Elizabeth Cotten, Walter Vinson, Sam Chatmon,
B.B. King, Ray Charles, Skip James, Willie Morris, One-String Sam, Van Hunt, Rev.
Robert Wilkins, Hammie Nixon, Bukka White, Sam Clark, Sammy Lewis, Memphis Ma
Rainey, Johnny Woods, Fred McDowell, Sleepy John Estes, Richard Harney, Sunnyland
Slim, Willie Nix, Satchel Paige, Bobby Blue Bland, Rosco Gordon, Fiddlin' joe
Martin, Woodrow Adams, Daniel Augusta "D.A." Hunt, Gus Cannon, Victoria
Spivey, Memphis Jug Band, Willie Dixon, Floyd Jones, Joe Willie Wilkins, Little
Laura Dukes, Lucille Spann, Homesick James, and Mississippi John Hurt (shown above).
This book features top-quality
reproductions of black and white photographs, printed on a heavy card stock. Use
it as a coffee-table book, or detach and mail the cards.