print email comment close Gayle Dean Wardlow: America's foremost blues researcher URL: http://www.bluesworld.com/WARDLOW.html Description: Contains interviews of and articles by Mississippi Delta Blues researcher and record collector Gayle Dean Wardlow. An excellent source for information on blues music and the record industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Also includes information on "talent broker" H.C. Spear, who "discovered" blues musicians Charlie Patton, Skip James, and Tommy Johnson. Author: Slotnikoff, Joel Library of Congress Subject Headings: Blues (Music) -- History and criticism Blues musicians -- Mississippi Wardlow, Gayle LII Database Information: Record 5196 created by Tom McGibney on 06/20/2001 Last modification on 06/26/2001 Published: 06/20/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5196