<p>Vivid and engaging, <i>Ink</i> brings to light the extraordinary journey of a Black businessman and athlete.</p>|
Introduction: Black Bottom
Chapter 1. Ink
Chapter 2. Howard
Chapter 3. Brown
Chapter 4. Buffalo Soldier
Chapter 5. Williams vs. Yale
Chapter 6. Alpha
Chapter 7. Sambo
Chapter 8. Black Swan
Chapter 9. Hammond Pro
Chapter 10. Paramount
Chapter 11. Bronzeville
Chapter 12. Mother of the Blues
Chapter 13. Bulldog
Chapter 14. Blind Lemon
Chapter 15. Black Patti
Chapter 16. Hokum
Chapter 17. Bumble Bee
Chapter 18. Maroon Tiger
Chapter 19. Sepia
Chapter 20. Outskirts
Chapter 21. Kingfish
Chapter 22.Ebony
Chapter 23. Pioneer
Postscript: Indelible
Notes
References
Index
|"Mayo 'Ink' Williams may be the most important figure you've never heard of from the world of early blues music. In this unprecedented biography, Clifford R. Murphy, with a musician's ear, a writer's touch, and an historian's mastery of subject, brings to life this shape-shifting and monumental figure from the heyday of the blues."—Dave Sheinin, writer, Washington Post|Clifford R. Murphy is a musician and ethnomusicologist. He is a founding member of the rock band Say ZuZu, the director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and the author of Yankee Twang: Country and Western Music in New England.
