Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
The Songs
Introduction
1. Leaving the South
2. Ma Rainey Gets the Blues
3. The Truth About Ma and Bessie
4. Alberta, Tony and the Grizzly Bear
5. Porter Grainger
6. Ethel Waters and Early Harlem
7. Clara and Josephine
8. Bessie Makes a Record
9. Bessie Gets Married and Britain Gets the Blues
10. Peachtree Man Blues
11. In Harlem's Araby
12. Million Dollar Blues
13. Sissies, Freaks, 'Half-Pint' and The Hokum Boys
14. He Just Don't Appeal to Me
15. It's Dirty but Good
16. Raiding the Pansy Club
17. B.D. Women and Old Maids
18. Death Letter Blues
19. Any Woman's Blues
Bibliography
Notes
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Copyright