02732nam 22006014a 450 991078181300332120230828222704.01-282-48474-597866124847421-60473-145-1(CKB)1000000000484968(EBL)515532(OCoLC)220840046(SSID)ssj0000240791(PQKBManifestationID)11235628(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240791(PQKBWorkID)10265467(PQKB)11467204(MiAaPQ)EBC515532(Au-PeEL)EBL515532(CaPaEBR)ebr10218410(CaONFJC)MIL248528(EXLCZ)99100000000048496820060120d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSam Myers[electronic resource] the blues is my story /Sam Myers and Jeff Horton1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20061 online resource (185 p.)American made music seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-57806-895-9 Includes discography (p. 145-153), song catalog (p. 155-156), bibliographical references (p. 163-164), and index.Early years -- Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills -- Piney Woods -- Going to Chicago -- Chicago and Jackson families -- Elmore James -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson radio and recording -- The blues -- The harmonica -- The Musicians' Union -- The record business -- Stories from the road -- Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.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 American made music series.African American musiciansBiographyAfrican American musicians781.643092BMyers Sam1936-2006.1582343Horton Jeff1582344MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781813003321Sam Myers3864634UNINA