BLUES ACCESS Online: Spring 2000

SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK
& BNOIS KING
Tag Team Blues from Texas

SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS
R&B Shouter Jalacy Hawkins

EVEN MO' ROOSTER MUSIC
Red Rooster's Top Songs of All Time

Irma Thomas

© 2000 David D. Horwitz

Also in this Issue

	Summer Festivals

	Lookin' for a good time? Well, the opportunities are almost endless if blues festivals fit your idea of fun. Don't forget your sunblock!

	Blues Emancipator

	Jimmy Reed mumbled when he sang, drank a lot and had a deceptively simple style. Joe Nick Patoski, with the help of some friends, makes a case that Jimmy Reed helped pave the way for civil rights in the South.

	Bringing It Back Home

	New Jersey-born Walter Trout has been rockin' in the UK for years. He's finally starting to get a following back in the States.

	Asia Calling

	It may be a long way from the Delta, but if you're looking to jam in Singapore, you won't be speaking a totally foreign language.

	Whips and Bones

	In this first part of a new series, Johnnie Mae Dunson and Honeyboy Edwards shoot from the hip with some wild tales about their days with the dice.

	Lone Cat's Last Prowl

	At age 75, Jesse Fuller had nearly fallen into the same disrepair as his basement full of instruments. But he pulled it together with a flourish for one final concert.

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	About this issue of BLUES ACCESS

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	Blues-related articles and tidbits

	Columns

	From the quills (?) of our columnists

	Rooster Pickin's Blue views from the Red Rooster Lounge
	Catfish Whitey's Pond Leland Rucker's two cents worth... three if you're lucky.
	Dear Dr. Harpo Love the blues harp? This is the place for you.
	Blues with a Twist Who hasn't Twist Turner played with? ...and does he have some stories.

	Reviews

	Selected blues reviews from the current issue

	Letters

	Letters from our readers

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