Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part One -- 1. The Blues Singer -- 2. The Researcher -- 3. The Quarry -- 4. Looking Back -- Part Two -- 5. Woodbine -- 6. The Birth Of The Blues -- 7. The Buck Rabbit -- 8. The Young Sport -- Part Three -- 9. The Bootlegger -- 10. The Musician -- 11. The Performer -- 12. The Devil Woman -- 13. The Songwriter -- 14. The Murderous Music Cat -- Part Four -- 15. Recording -- 16. Greatness At Grafton -- 17. Releasin's -- 18. The Convert -- 19. Devil Got Religion -- 20. The Prodigal Son -- 21. Limbo -- 22. Resumption -- 23. Recognition -- 24. The Delta -- Part Five -- 25. The Prospectors -- 26. The Folk Movement -- 27. The Fan -- 28. Newport -- 29. Washington -- 30. The Sick Man -- 31. Air Puddings -- Part Six -- 32. The Age of Aquarius -- 33. The Impostor -- 34. The Barrel Of Crabs -- 35. Scorpions -- 36. The Funeral -- 37. The Burying Ground -- 38. The Man Nobody Knew -- Afterword -- Transcription: Devil Got My Woman -- Appendix: Idioms -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Song Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.