This book is dedicated to Muddy Waters Willie Dixon John Lee Hooker Lightning Hopkins and B.B King
DADDY PLAYED THE BLUES MICHAEL GARLAND TILBURY HOUSE PUBLISHERS THOMASTON MAINE
I was six years old in 1936 the day we left the farm in Mississippi Between the boll weevils the floods and the landlord there was no way a family could scratch out a living there anymore Mama cried into her handkerchief and said Okay Cassie Get in the car It’s time to go
