Preston Lauterbach
Preston Lauterbach is author of the American music classic The Chitlin' Circuit , as well as two secret histories of Black culture, Beale Street Dynasty and Bluff City . Preston has also co-authored three memoirs with significant figures in Black music, including Brother Robert (with the stepsister of bluesman Robert Johnson), Timekeeper (with Memphis soul drummer Howard Grimes), and the forthcoming Spirit of the Century (with the Blind Boys of Alabama). His works have earned "Book of the Year...See more
Preston Lauterbach is author of the American music classic The Chitlin' Circuit , as well as two secret histories of Black culture, Beale Street Dynasty and Bluff City . Preston has also co-authored three memoirs with significant figures in Black music, including Brother Robert (with the stepsister of bluesman Robert Johnson), Timekeeper (with Memphis soul drummer Howard Grimes), and the forthcoming Spirit of the Century (with the Blind Boys of Alabama). His works have earned "Book of the Year" recognition from the Wall Street Journal , NPR, and Rolling Stone . He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia. See less
Preston Lauterbach book subjects
- Biography & Autobiography > Cultural, Ethnic & Regional > African American & Black
- Music > Genres & Styles > Blues
- History > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- United States
- African-American
- South
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The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll
Revisiting The Blues Experience
Almost twenty years ago, I listened every Sunday night to a program on local public radio called "The Blues Experience" hosted by Steve Hoffman. The program, in Steve's words, went "back into the ... Read More