Sam Myers

Author : Sam Myers,Jeff Horton
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781604731453

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Sam Myers by Sam Myers,Jeff Horton Pdf

Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music called him to Chicago. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded many well-received singles and albums. In 1986, Myers became the W. C. Handy Award-winning front man, vocalist, and harmonica player for Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. Throughout the book, Myers provides a historical context to a bygone era of the blues and reveals his own thoughts and feelings about the musicians with whom he played. And they are a list of who's who in the blues-Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, and Robert Lockwood Junior in addition to Elmore James. In one chapter, Myers describes a personalized deeper meaning to the blues. And in another he relates a series of anecdotes about the lighter side of life on the road. Contributions from Myers's father and stories from a boyhood friend round out the narrative. Dallas musician Brian “Hash Brown” Calway dissects the more technical aspects of Myers's harmonica style. Long-time friend and bandmate, Anson Funderburgh, weighs in with a chapter about their songwriting methods and offers some of his own recollections on their twenty years together.

Author : Robert Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351398480

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A Blues Bibliography by Robert Ford Pdf

This book provides a sequel to Robert Ford's comprehensive reference work A Blues Bibliography, the second edition of which was published in 2007. Bringing Ford's bibliography of resources up to date, this volume covers works published since 2005, complementing the first volume by extending coverage through twelve years of new publications. As in the previous volume, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations, and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. With extensive listings of print and online articles in scholarly and trade journals, books, and recordings, this bibliography offers the most thorough resource for all researchers studying the blues.

Author : Texas. Court of Appeals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : OSU:32437012070435

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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas by Texas. Court of Appeals Pdf

Author : John Ferak
Publisher : WildBlue Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781952225673

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Terror Town, USA by John Ferak Pdf

The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson. In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight killing spree took five victims, including members of the Will County Sheriff’s Office. The following month brought a quadruple murder inside a shop known for its pottery classes. The plague of violence sparked the controversial New York City-based Guardian Angels to descend on Joliet, generating more unwanted media attention for the community. The National Enquirer labeled Joliet “Terror Town, U.S.A.” With an arrest that seemed to come out of nowhere, authorities linked their suspect to a chilling fourteen homicides, plus three women who miraculously survived their agonizing encounters. But with multiple murder trials on the horizon, it remained anyone’s guess whether Milton Johnson was guilty of mass murder and if so, would he die by means of lethal injection at the Illinois Department of Corrections?

Author : Jarlon Magee
Publisher : PublishAmerica
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456048402

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Travel in Fear: A Novel of Suspense by Jarlon Magee Pdf

Travel in Fear portrays a young woman, Sophie Myers, searching for the answer to the mysterious disappearance of her father, Sam Myers, ten years earlier. Sophie, a professional race-car driver, is jettisoned on a cross-country race with Death. Travel in Fear is a devastating foray into a world where no act of loyalty goes unpunished, no trust is unbroken, there is nothing to lose. Sophie must outwit—and outrun—the men of Dannax Corporation. Dannax specializes in “dirty laundry” assignments for a renegade former CIA deputy director. Dannax taps Michael Cantu, Sophie’s love interest, to find, and eliminate, Sophie. Travel in Fear is a thriller, a character-driven novel that will take the reader along for a wild ride as Sophie expertly pilots her sleek Mercedes from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the climatic ending at Niagara Falls.

Author : Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781632930880

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Eternity at the End of a Rope by Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord Pdf

Since 1819 over 3,000 souls found their personal “eternity at the end of a rope” in Texas. Some earned their way. Others were the victim of mistaken identity, or an act of vigilante justice. Deserved or not, when the hangman’s knot is pulled up tight and the black cap snugged down over your head it is too late to plead your case. This remarkable story begins in 1819 with the first legal hanging in Texas. By 1835 accounts of lynching dotted the records. Although by 1923 legal execution by hanging was discontinued in favor of the electric chair, vigilante justice remained a favorite pastime for some. The accounts of violence are numbing. The cultural and racial implications are profound, and offer a far more accurate, unbiased insight into the tally of African-American and Hispanic victims of mob violence in the Lone Star State than has ever been presented. Many of these deeds were nothing short of morbid theater, worthy of another era. This book is backed up by years of research and thousands of primary source documents. Includes Index and Bibliography.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aerial reconnaissance
ISBN : IND:30000139842201

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Early Cold War Overflights, 1950-1956 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen W. Trout
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456878689

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My Father's Son by Stephen W. Trout Pdf

A secret from Christians past haunts him following the murder of one friend, the suicide of another, and his wifes fatal car accident. Christian searches for a connection between his secret and these recent deaths. At the core of My Fathers Son is the dysfunctional relationship between Christian and his father. This father-son dynamic is a central theme as the relationships between the four main characters and their fathers unfold. Discovering Christians secret is only the beginning; each succeeding chapter brings a new revelation. In the end, this is a story of the redemptive power of friendship, family, and love.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112105118175

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Armor by Anonim Pdf

The magazine of mobile warfare.

Author : Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals,Alexander M. Jackson,Alexander M. Jackson (Jr.),Sam Andrew Willson,John Preston White,Rudolph Kleberg,W. W. Nelms,W. C. Wear
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : UOM:35112103885812

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The Texas Criminal Reports by Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals,Alexander M. Jackson,Alexander M. Jackson (Jr.),Sam Andrew Willson,John Preston White,Rudolph Kleberg,W. W. Nelms,W. C. Wear Pdf

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781448132744

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues by Colin Larkin Pdf

The Virgin Encyclopaedia of the Blues is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the most classically simple, enduring and inspiring genre in the history of popular music. All entries have been created from the massive database of The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, which has swiftly and firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of contemporary music reference books. Brand new research ensures that the 1000 entries are bang up-to-date and cover everyone - the musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels - who has made a significant impact on the development of the blues. It brings together pioneers like Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson, the influence of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon on the blues boom of the 1960s, and the most recent blues resurgence featuring Keb'Mo, Larry Garner and Jonny Lang. As well as the giants of the blues, this encyclopaedia has the range and depth to include performers who flew the blues flag during fallow periods, the 1980s band Roomful of Blues for example, or acts like Paul Butterfield, Chicken Shack, Stevie Ray Vaughan, who took the music to a wider, whiter, audience. Some blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal, seem to last forever. Others simply defined the genre, like Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and Howlin' Wolf. Whomever you remember or want to know more about, each entry gives the essential elements - dates, career facts, discography and album ratings - as well as a sense of context, striking a balance between the extremes of the self-opinionated and the bland.

Author : Kori D. Miller
Publisher : Back Porch Writer Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781533790316

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North Downing by Kori D. Miller Pdf

Read the series that Sinfully Scandalous Mysteries readers call ... "A highly original plot." "Swift, smart, and enjoyable!" "Captivating & masterful!" Dez hates cold cases. But she can't walk away when someone asks for her help. Even if that person is a convicted felon. When James Keeney requests a meeting with Dez, she’s reluctant to accept. But curiosity gets the better of her and she shows up at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Keeney shares his sob story about being strung up for a murder he swears he didn’t commit and begs her to help him. Dez isn’t sure she can believe a guy who’s on the hook for his second B&E. But ever since meeting Keeney and hearing his lazy Southern drawl, she’s had a soft spot for him. Her gut tells her that they’ve got the wrong guy. Dez’s inquiries put her on a path that threatens to expose the secrets and lies of one of Omaha’s wealthiest and most prominent families. The closer she gets to uncovering the truth, the more twisted the revelations. Will she be able to identify the killer before someone else dies? If you like compelling reads with a pull-no-punches PI, then you’ll love author Kori D. Miller’s gripping book. The well-developed, interesting, and diverse characters will provide a great distraction from everyday life. Fans of Janet Evanovich, Marcia Muller, and Sue Grafton will enjoy getting to know Dez. She’s smart, sassy, and has a penchant for weapons, good-looking men, and a great game of pool. And only one of those helps her solve cases. North Downing: A Dezeray Jackson Novel is book 2 in Kori's Sinfully Scandalous Mysteries series. For Sinfully Scandalous readers everywhere who’ve read Hush, North Downing continues the ongoing saga about Dez’s sister. Will she finally know who killed Savannah and why? Be sure to read HUSH, Kori's first novel featuring PI Dezeray Jackson. It received a 5-star rating from Readers' Favorite. Tempus, the third book in the Sinfully Scandalous Mysteries series is available to pre-order, now! Buy North Downing and put your whodunit skills to the test!

Author : Edward Komara,Peter Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1279 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135958329

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The Blues Encyclopedia by Edward Komara,Peter Lee Pdf

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. Coverage includes: · The whole history of the blues, from its antecedents in African and American types of music to the contemporary styles performed today · Artists active throughout the United States and from foreign countries · The business of the blues, including individual record labels active since the prewar era · Aspects particular to blues lyrics and music · Specific issues such as race or gender as related to the blues · Reference lists of blues periodicals, blues newsletters, libraries, and museums.

Author : Edward M. Komara
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Blues
ISBN : 9780415926997

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Encyclopedia of the Blues by Edward M. Komara Pdf

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.

Author : Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628469127

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I Always Wanted to Fly by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel Pdf

Until now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly, retired United States Air Force Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel has gathered first-person memories from heroes of the cockpits and airstrips. Battling in dogfights when jets were novelties, saving lives in grueling airlifts, or flying dangerous reconnaissance missions deep into Soviet and Chinese airspace, these flyers waged America's longest and most secretively conducted air war. Many of the pilots Samuel interviewed invoke the same sentiment when asked why they risked their lives in the air—“I always wanted to fly.” While young, they were inspired by barnstormers, by World War I fighter legends, by the legendary Charles Lindbergh, and often just by seeing airplanes flying overhead. With the advent of World War II, many of these dreamers found themselves in cockpits soon after high school. Of those who survived World War II, many chose to continue following their dream, flying the Berlin Airlift, stopping the North Korean army during the “forgotten war” in Korea, and fighting in the Vietnam War. Told in personal narratives and reminiscences, I Always Wanted to Fly renders views from pilots' seats and flight decks during every air combat flashpoint from 1945–1968. Drawn from long exposure to the immense stress of warfare, the stories these warriors share are both heroic and historic. The author, a veteran of many secret reconnaissance missions, evokes individuals and scenes with authority and grace. He provides clear, concise historical context for each airman's memories. In I Always Wanted to Fly he has produced both a thrilling and inspirational acknowledgment of personal heroism and a valuable addition to our documentation of the Cold War.