Blues & Rhythm magazine no. 367 – March 2022: Rediscovering New York’s Blues Artists; the Leroy Kirkland story; Cajun and Zydeco books, and more!

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THE LEROY KIRKLAND STORY: By Down Home Music’s own Opal Louis Nations – the story behind one of the backroom wizards of the rhythm & blues scene of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

CLAUDE CLOUD & SAM ‘THE MAN’ TAYLOR’S MGM RECORDINGS: Dave Penny’s discography and rare albums produced by Leroy Kirkland with Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor and Claude Cloud (Leroy Kirkland himself!).

NEW YORK BLUES REVISTED: Larry Simon tells the story behind the interviews in his new book on New York R&B.

GOOD READIN’ TONIGHT: Ray Templeton on the books you need for the complete blues library – this issue – ‘South Louisiana Part 1.

JOHNNY WINTER & BLUE HORIZON: Tony Burke & Norman Darwen tell the story of how Johnny Winter almost joined the UK blues label in 1968.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Chris Smith’s regular feature on blues lyrics.

PLUS: D Vine Spiritual Recordings photo archive; Larry Lampkin; The Blues Discography 3rd edition corrections/updates; Mike Stephenson’s Young Bluebloods; Shar Baby, Darryl Stolper, Bruce Bromberg, Ronnie Spector, Fred Parris; Texas Blues, Scat Man Crothers, Paul Gayten, Hollywood Flames, Arv Garrison and much more.