Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story

[jostber]

Anyone checked out this new biography on the great Johnny Otis? Seems like there's a lot of interesting cultural history from these years as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Barrelhouse-Johnny-Otis-Story/dp/0816666784/ref=pd_sim_b_7

[Dan Gould]

Thanks for the heads up.

[jostber]

More on the book here:

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/017_01/5387

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/bluenotes/archive/2010/03/09/quot-midnight-at-the-barrellhouse-quot-the-life-and-music-of-johnny-otis.aspx

[JSngry]

Don't read that without also reading Otis' own writings as well.

[Dan Gould]

And thanks for that, too. I am probably more inclined to read Otis' story himself than get the weighty pronouncements of an academic.

[marcello]

I read the new one, which is very good, but Upside Your Head! is great.