Browsing: Furry Lewis

Updated and revised 25th anniversary edition of Robert Gordon’s celebrated Memphis music history features new foreword by Hanif Abdurraqib, more than 80 new photographs, updated text, new chapters, and more!

“The lyrics to ‘Turn Your Money Green’ were the main thing that drew me to this song. They are particularly witty and visual, so I wanted to match them with an equally up-tempo and joyful sounding musical arrangement on the lap steel.”

The 10 albums provide a rich and varied catalog of artists who were scattered across the Mississippi Delta, largely inactive until a new generation sought them out.

Greens are the tough-yet-nutritious leaves of collards, kale, mustard, or turnip… and since this is the blues, slang for a number of other things. Find out the whole story now!