I, too, thank Marion for the link to the thread about Alan Lomax, blues, and race. I read it with morbid fascination. Such strange and horrible things have happened in my country in my lifetime.

Now, for another good book. "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music," by Zwonitzer and Hirshberg. It is about the Carter family, of course, and also about Appalachia around the time of the Depression and the early years of the recording industry in this country. One part of the story is about the few (white male) folks who got rich recording and selling mountain music and race music. The Carters collected and sang both types and socialized with Southern black singers. I recommend the book highly.