This is a unique collection featuring stories from Victor J. Banis, Kevin James Breaux, Robert Buckley, Amanda Fox, Remittance Girl, Akua Lezli Hope, Jolene Hui, Hzal, Dean Jean-Pierre, D. L. King, Rebecca Kyle, Maxmilian Lagos, C. Dennis Moore, Dorla Moorehouse, Nick Nicholson, Alicia Night Orchid, Art Nixon, Gary Phillips, Cole Riley, Thomas S. Roche, Lisabet Sarai, Savannah Stephens Smith, Alice Sturdivant, Anne Tourney, Allegra Verde, Zander Vyne, Jayme Whitfield, Kalamu ya Salaam.
From the Introduction:
Called “the Devil’s music,” the stories of the blues goes beyond jump turns, slow drag ditties, reel, jigs, minstrel songs, ragtime, or the buzzard lope. These lyrics connected to these stories celebrate heartache, separation, distrust, betrayal, lust, but they promise a healing love of revival and renewal.
These selected stories, contemporary retellings of some of the most familiar blues themes, are inspired from the recorded gems of the Delta blues, Chicago blues, Memphis blues and Texas blues. The themes cover every facet of sexual abandon, betrayal, and obsession: the virile man, the willing woman, and the needs, impulses, cravings and urges of the sensual mating dance.
These tales of sex and sensuality mirror the power and sweep of the blues. They say we are people who are constantly under the influence of our urges, needs, impulses and desires.
