NEW  BOOKS  .....     NEW  RECORDS        

 

THE AMAZING SECRET HISTORY OF ELMORE JAMES   by  Steve FRANZ ; Blue Source Publications P.O.Box 20074  SAINT LOUIS, MO 63144-0074, USA  bluesource@earthlink.net  softcover, 332 pages, index; www.bluesworld.com/Elmore.html  ; ISBN 0-9718038-1-1

 

CAN'T BE SATISFIED  The Life & Times of MUDDY  WATERS by  Robert  GORDON  now in paperback  from PIMLICO Random House 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1 2SA   www.randomhouse.co.uk/pimlico , 2003  ISBN 0-7126-3999-3  ;  £ 8.99

 

 

  DVDs   not to be missed
FROM  ARHOOLIE RECORDS  /  BRAZOS  FILMS

CHULAS  FRONTERAS & DEL MERO  CORAZON -  Roots of Tex-Mex Music - Las Raices de la musica Tejana y Nortena .  TWO films by Les BLANK & Chris STRACHWITZ (plus 30 minutes of previously unreleased bonus footage).                                                         BRAZOS FILMS BF-104 DVD

J'AI  ETE  AU  BAL  -  Roots of Cajun & Zydeco Music - A film by Les BLANK, Chris STRACHWITZ & Maureen GOSLING  ; plus 30 minutes of BONUS FOOTAGE          BRAZOS FILMS  BF-103  DVD
From  DELMARK RECORDS

           DELMARK  -  50 YEARS OF JAZZ & BLUES  DX-050

4 CD set with Bonus  DVD:                                                                                                                                  1. A Tribute to Delmark Records  ( 21'00)                                                                                                            2. Down by the Riverside ( 16'40; videoclips shot at Delmark recording sessions over the last 5 years                   3.  40th Anniversary concert ( 8'09)                                                                                                                      4. 20 th Anniversary Cartoon  ( 2'50)                                                                                                                     5.  Sleepy John ESTES in Europe 1964 ( 3'04)