Waiting for Buddy Guy : Chicago Blues at the Crossroads by
Harper's eloquent memoir conjures the smoky redoubts of men like harmonica virtuoso Big Walter Horton and pianist Sunnyland Slim. Venturing from stageside to kitchen tables to the shotgun seat of a 1973 Eldorado, Harper listens to performers and others recollect memories of triumphs earned and chances forever lost, of deep wells of pain and soaring flights of inspiration.
Blues Unlimited : Essential Interviews From the Original Blues Magazine by 
Bessie by 
Ramblin' on My Mind by 
Escaping the delta : Robert Johnson and the invention of the blues by 
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction by 
The History of the Blues by 
Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South by 
Deep Blues by 
Nobody knows where the blues come from : lyrics and history by 
DeltaBlues : the Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by 
Blues music in the sixties : a story in Black and White by 
Give My Poor Heart Ease : Voices of the Mississippi Blues by 
Blues from the Delta by 
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music by 
Woke me up this morning : Black gospel singers and the gospel life by 
A City Called Heaven : Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music by 
Singing in My Soul : Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age by 
If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me by 
Downhome gospel : African American spiritual activism in wiregrass country by 
The School of Arizona Dranes : Gospel Music Pioneer by 
African American Heritage Hymnal by 
The Rise of Gospel Blues : The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church by 
Nothing but Love in God’s Water : Volume 2: Black Sacred Music From Sit-Ins to Resurrection City by 
Flaming? the Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance by
Flaming?: The Peculiar Theo-Politics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance examines the rituals and social interactions of African American men who use gospel music making as a means of worshiping God and performing gendered identities. Prompted by the popular term "flaming(g)" that is used to identify over-the-top or peculiar performance of identity, Flaming? argues that these men wield and interweave a variety of multivalent aural-visual cues, including vocal style, gesture, attire, and homiletics, to position themselves along a spectrum of gender identities.
