Fall ‘09
Southern Cultures volume 15, number 3: MUSIC
(with a free CD)
Front Porch
by Harry L. Watson
“Whatever feeling you are looking to explore or express—misery, elation, spiritual ecstasy, or low-down lust—chances are that some southern musician has done it already.”
Interview The Devil and his Blues
James “Son Ford” Thomas
with William R. Ferris
“You can't always go by what them preachers say, because right now some of them drink more whiskey than me.”
Top Ten Southern Jazz Musicians
by Charles Joyner
“John Coltrane played his hyperactive ‘sheets-of-sound’ with a scorching intensity, faster than most jazz fans could listen.”
“When I Say Get It”
A Brief History of the Boogie
by Burgin Mathews
“‘I like to boogie-woogie,’ Madonna proclaimed. ‘It’s like riding on the wind and it never goes away.’”
Blues Power in the Tuscarora Homeland
The Music of Pura Fé READ PDF
by John W. Troutman
“Pura Fé has developed a highly unusual style of weaving a fast-paced and complex, sinewy web of notes to follow and accent her extraordinarily dynamic vocal range. . . a unique and engagingly melodic tour de force.”
Top Ten Country Music Stars
by Jocelyn R. Neal
“Patsy Cline had a great big barrel of a voice that cut straight into the heart of everyone who heard her sing.”
Winston-Salem Blues
Captain Luke, Macavine Hayes, and Whistlin’ Britches
photographs by Joanna Welborn
“A round of ‘chicken,’ or moonshine, was ordered, and Macavine and Whistlin’ Britches were one-upping each other with insults and dirty jokes. Captain Luke played it cool in the corner, sipping a can of Natural Light and smoking a cigar.”
Mill Mother’s Lament
Ella May Wiggins and the Gastonia Textile Strike of 1929
by Patrick Huber
“Ella May Wiggins, the ‘poet laureate’ of the Gastonia Textile Strike of 1929, was silenced by a mill thug’s bullet on September 14, 1929.”
Top Ten Blues Greats
by William R. Ferris
“The true Hootchie Kootchie Man, Muddy Waters summons all the powers of the voodoo doctor in his guttural, deep blues voice.”
Haunting America
Emmett Till in Music and Song
by Philip C. Kolin
“Dylan linked Till’s innocent blood to a Mississippi downpour—so much blood shed from the brutal beatings; Till’s killers ‘rolled his body down a gulf of bloody red rain.’”
Mason Dixon Lines Legend
poetry by Al Maginnes
“. . . we owe our past the kindness
of a visit now and then.”
Top Ten Southern Rockers
by Joshua Guthman
“Let’s be honest: Southern rock is a critically despised genre, a redneck sound draped in the Confederate flag and fueled by an oh-so-’70s mix of Jack Daniels and Quaaludes.”
And then there’s COOL-WATER MUSIC, the FREE CD—our biggest and best yet—featuring George Jones, B.B. King, Pete Seeger, Son Thomas, Charlie Louvin, the Rosebuds, Pura Fé, and many more artists in a 65-minute brew of timeless tracks and fresh cuts. Order now before it’s too late.
“The rich array of photographs and graphics, and the sincere and effective attempt at readerly appeal, go well beyond what is attempted by most… Southern Cultures is truly impressive.” —Council of Editors of Learned Journals
