Mississippi Mojo, and Murder

Mississippi Mojo, and Murder PDF Author: Mary S. Palmer
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ISBN: 9781954693340
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Mississippi Mojo, and Murder

Mississippi Mojo, and Murder PDF Author: Mary S. Palmer
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ISBN: 9781954693340
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Languages : en
Pages :

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Mississippi Mojo, and Murder

Mississippi Mojo, and Murder PDF Author: Mary S. Palmer
Publisher: Intellect Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781954693333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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A sixty-year-old cold case and a big city sheriff seeking redemption-it's time for the dead to rise. A thwarted youthful romance blends with the blues and Mama Cheche's mojo. Controversy ensues when a blues singer groom goes missing in Cleveland, Mississippi. All becomes a tangled web. The home of the blues...I was happy to make this, my first piece to be used as a book cover. The story is set in a place dear to my heart. Paula and Mary have written this redemptive tale in such a way that transports you to the Delta. You can feel the gentle breeze coming across the Sunflower River and hear the mellowed notes jumping off the blues man's guitar. Abe Partridge, singer and artist

Such a Woman: The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert

Such a Woman: The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert PDF Author: Paula Lenore Webb
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ISBN: 9781954693630
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In researching for the book, Mobile Under Siege, author Paula Lenor Webb, came across a woman unlike any other who lived in the 1800s. Octavia Walton LeVert, living in the wealth and wilds of the expanding United States, influenced those around her. Paula realized how fascinating this story was and set out to discover more. After five years of traveling, visiting archives, and private collections, Paula Webb has written the true story of a woman ahead of her time.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins PDF Author: Alan Govenar
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569766207
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Based on scores of interviews with the artist's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans, this brilliant biography reveals a man of many layers and contradictions. Following the journey of a musician who left his family's poor cotton farm at age eight carrying only a guitar, the book chronicles his life on the open road playing blues music and doing odd jobs. It debunks the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking. This volume also discusses his hard-to-read personality; whether playing for black audiences in Houston's Third Ward, for white crowds at the Matrix in San Francisco, or in the concert halls of Europe, Sam Hopkins was a musician who poured out his feelings in his songs and knew how to endear himself to his audience--yet it was hard to tell if he was truly sincere, and he appeared to trust no one. Finally, this book moves beyond exploring his personal life and details his entire musical career, from his first recording session in 1946--when he was dubbed Lightnin'--to his appearance on the national charts and his rediscovery by Mack McCormick and Sam Charters in 1959, when his popularity had begun to wane and a second career emerged, playing to white audiences rather than black ones. Overall, this narrative tells the story of an important blues musician who became immensely successful by singing with a searing emotive power about his country roots and the injustices that informed the civil rights era.

Stagolee Shot Billy

Stagolee Shot Billy PDF Author: Cecil Brown
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674028906
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Although his story has been told countless times--by performers from Ma Rainey, Cab Calloway, and the Isley Brothers to Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, and Taj Mahal--no one seems to know who Stagolee really is. Stack Lee? Stagger Lee? He has gone by all these names in the ballad that has kept his exploits before us for over a century. Delving into a subculture of St. Louis known as "Deep Morgan," Cecil Brown emerges with the facts behind the legend to unfold the mystery of Stack Lee and the incident that led to murder in 1895. How the legend grew is a story in itself, and Brown tracks it through variants of the song "Stack Lee"--from early ragtime versions of the '20s, to Mississippi John Hurt's rendition in the '30s, to John Lomax's 1940s prison versions, to interpretations by Lloyd Price, James Brown, and Wilson Pickett, right up to the hip-hop renderings of the '90s. Drawing upon the works of James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison, Brown describes the powerful influence of a legend bigger than literature, one whose transformation reflects changing views of black musical forms, and African Americans' altered attitudes toward black male identity, gender, and police brutality. This book takes you to the heart of America, into the soul and circumstances of a legend that has conveyed a painful and elusive truth about our culture.

Mr. Mojo Risin' (Ain't Dead)

Mr. Mojo Risin' (Ain't Dead) PDF Author: Ron Clooney
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848767579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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What happened to Jim Morrison in Paris and who is really buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery?In the early hours of 3rd July 1971, Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors, supposedly died of heart failure in a bath tub at 17 Rue Beautreillis, in the 4th Arrondissement, Paris. He was 27 years old. The novel examines the questions surrounding his supposed death. It examines what happened on that fateful night and in the weeks leading up to it. And more importantly, what happened afterwards.Crime novelist Ron Clooney, a Doors fan since his teenage years, does what others have not dared to do. Ron has opened the past as if it were a criminal investigation, only this time he attempts to explain how it was done. Suicide? Accident at the hands of his girlfriend’s heroin? Murder? Simple heart attack? Or a complete and utter hoax? Ron looks into the complex mind of Jim Morrison and explores the nature of his relationship with his partner, Pamela Courson, so he can answer one of pop’s greatest mysteries: What really happened to Mr Mojo Risin’?A novel mixed with fact, this will appeal to all Doors fans and lovers of conspiracy theories. Ron Clooney gives a credible explanation of what really happened to Mr Mojo Risin’....

The Callings

The Callings PDF Author: Mary S. Palmer
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN: 9781591297994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557

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The Callings refers not only to the call of a man to the priesthood, but also to the call of the devil to a drugusing teenager who commits matricide, the call of the wild to keep a teacher on the chenieres where her ancestors settled, and the call of an author who feels compelled to write about the crime.

Murder at Montpelier

Murder at Montpelier PDF Author: Douglas Brent Chambers
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617034374
Category : Culture conflict
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Booty Bones

Booty Bones PDF Author: Carolyn Haines
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466846291
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Sarah Booth Delaney's fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg injury, but Sarah Booth knows just how to help him heal. She's arranged a romantic getaway for the two of them at a lovely beach cottage on Dauphin Island off the Gulf Coast. On the first day of their island adventure, they take a historical tour led by Angela Trotter, a young woman well-versed in local lore, including rumors of pirate treasure hidden somewhere on the island. In fact, Angela confides to Sarah Booth and Graf that her father, a sailor and treasure hunter, was murdered just when he thought he was closing in on the treasure. Angela's convinced that the wrong man was imprisoned for her father's murder, and she manages to persuade Sarah Booth to take the case. And Sarah Booth soon realizes that there's much more going on than meets the eye. With untold amounts of treasure offering plenty of motive for murder and a fiancé falling deeper into depression, Sarah Booth's peaceful island vacation is quickly spinning out of control. In Booty Bones, Carolyn Haines will once again delight readers with her trademark blend of clever plotting, witty prose, and Southern charm.

Chance for Redemption

Chance for Redemption PDF Author: Mary S. Palmer
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 9781449792381
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When Jerome Strait is turned away from Heaven's Gate, he's shocked to find that he can't buy his way into heaven. On Earth, money allowed him to have everything he wanted. Now, he must return to Earth, relive his life, and right all of his wrongs in order to be saved. Can this greedy, selfish man learn that the only lasting values are faith, hope, and love? A guardian angel named Ezekiel is sent to help him. If Jerome fails to change and earn his redemption in the two days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, his soul is lost forever. Will he be able to meet the challenge, or is he doomed to hell?