Florida bound blues∗

The authors are listed alphabetically, reflecting their equal contributions. This is a revised and expanded version of “Florida Bound Blues,”; presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association, March 23–26, 1988, New Orleans, Louisiana. The authors would like to acknowledge the following: the resources and staff at the Blues Archive, University of Mississippi; the resources of Special Collections, University of South Florida Library; the inspiration and support of William Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi; information provided by Robert Lorei, WMNF, Community Radio, Tampa, Florida; the help and interest of Miami‐Dade Community College—Wolfson Campus, especially Wallis Riley‐Tinne, and the Florida Historical Society; for personal information and help, Dr. Patricia H. Waterman, University of South Florida, and Dwight Devane and Peter Roller; and, for their helpful comments on an earlier version of the present work, especially Peter Couture's, the members of Dr. Banes’ American Studies Seminar, “Blues as History, Literature and Culture.”; Spring, 1988.

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The authors are listed alphabetically, reflecting their equal contributions. This is a revised and expanded version of “Florida Bound Blues,”; presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association, March 23–26, 1988, New Orleans, Louisiana. The authors would like to acknowledge the following: the resources and staff at the Blues Archive, University of Mississippi; the resources of Special Collections, University of South Florida Library; the inspiration and support of William Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi; information provided by Robert Lorei, WMNF, Community Radio, Tampa, Florida; the help and interest of Miami‐Dade Community College—Wolfson Campus, especially Wallis Riley‐Tinne, and the Florida Historical Society; for personal information and help, Dr. Patricia H. Waterman, University of South Florida, and Dwight Devane and Peter Roller; and, for their helpful comments on an earlier version of the present work, especially Peter Couture's, the members of Dr. Banes’ American Studies Seminar, “Blues as History, Literature and Culture.”; Spring, 1988.