LEADER 02766nam 22006134a 450 001 9910451969503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48474-5 010 $a9786612484742 010 $a1-60473-145-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484968 035 $a(EBL)515532 035 $a(OCoLC)220840046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000240791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10265467 035 $a(PQKB)11467204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218410 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248528 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484968 100 $a20060120d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSam Myers$b[electronic resource] $ethe blues is my story /$fSam Myers and Jeff Horton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican made music series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-895-9 320 $aIncludes discography (p. 145-153), song catalog (p. 155-156), bibliographical references (p. 163-164), and index. 327 $aEarly 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. 330 $aSam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music called him to Chicago. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded 410 0$aAmerican made music series. 606 $aAfrican American musicians$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American musicians 676 $a781.643092 676 $aB 700 $aMyers$b Sam$f1936-2006.$01052199 701 $aHorton$b Jeff$01052200 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451969503321 996 $aSam Myers$92483235 997 $aUNINA