David Whiteis is a journalist, writer, and educator living in Chicago. He is a past winner of the Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Achievement in Journalism. He is the author of Southern Soul-Blues and Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories. Peter M. Hurley is a photographer, muralist, graphic designer, and songwriter, and an active contributing photographer to Living Blues magazine.
"[Whiteis's] spot-on assessments of the social and economic forces
. . . are as essential as his encyclopedic knowledge of the
artists’ backgrounds and discographies."--DownBeat "Whiteis's book
offers a lively tour of the music that grew out of the streets and
churches and clubs of Chicago and that continues to evolve and
shape roots music around the world." --No Depression "Whiteis’
knowledge of and love for his subject is strong and unquestionable
and the reader is sure to feel and share the author’s hope that the
legacy continues." --Living Blues "Appealing to serious jazz fans,
Whiteis’s history serves as a handy reference to Chicago blues."
--Publishers Weekly "Whiteis understands the art of keeping readers
engaged while he adds to their understanding of the current Chicago
blues community. . . . A book well-worth reading." --Blues Blast
Magazine "David Whiteis’ writing pulls you in exactly as sounds
spilling out of a blues club on a summer night would pull you off
the sidewalk to listen. He doesn’t divorce himself from the
narrative, which gives this work an intimacy, never letting it
dissolve into an academic assignment." --NewCity Lit "Even if
you’ve previously read articles or heard interviews with the blues
musicians profiled in Blues Legacy before, you are guaranteed to
learn something new and interesting about them while reading this
well-written and fastidiously researched book by Mr. Whiteis."
--Chicago Blues Guide "It captures the changes that have confronted
the Chicago blues community but also shows the continuity and
affirmation of a viable, dynamic blues tradition. Whiteis remains
one of the premier documentarians of the Chicago scene."--Barry Lee
Pearson, author of Jook Right On: Blues Stories and Blues
Storytellers
"In his latest history on Chicago blues, Whiteis is as usual
informative and stimulating, while addressing some considerably
contentious issues. The author has long demonstrated that he is one
of the best writers on blues. He has a way with words that can
paint a vivid portrait of his subject or scene."--Robert Pruter,
author of Chicago Soul
"Whiteis' tale mirrors what fans and blues musicians alike have
experienced. That hypnotic calling of the blues. These profiles are
essential for all fans to understand the universal calling that
these musicians felt." --Blues Music Magazine
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