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The history of Blues and Texas Zydeco music is too big for one person to know it all. If you know of historical links and stories about the early Blues in Texas or anywhere, just send them to:
gloriaedwards@lycos.com
I am in the beginning stage of writing a series of children's books on the blues and zydeco music and what the blues are to a child 6 years of age named Tarza Lee.
Tarza Lee was born in the West Indies but came to the American shores as a slave girl. I will follow her life in America from first grade to high school.
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The Roots and the Beginning
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Here we will list some of the music I have found to be indicative of the American Art form, Blues and Zydeco.
Recordings and Books
African Dance Party by Shanochie-Laketo
African American Work Songs (books)
Black Mothers Songs of Praise & Celebration by Kristen Clark Taylor
African American & White Adolescent Mothers by Faith Samples
Negro Slave Songs in the United States by Miles Mark Fisher
Assimilation Blues-Black Familes in a
White Community by
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Big Road Blues (Tradition & Creativity in the Folk Blues) David Evans
American Negro Songs
John Wesley Work
The Music of Black Americans
Eileen Southern
Black Pearls, Blues Queens of the 1920's
Daphne Duval Harrison
The World Don't Owe me Nothing
David "HoneyBoy Harrison"
Blues People, Leroi Jones
Born with the Blues, Perry Bradford
The Bluesmen, Samuel Charters (out of print) See The BluesMakers
You are welcome to add some of your favorites to the add your link!
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