Considered by many to be the godfather of R&B, Johnny Otis-musician, producer, artist, entrepreneur, pastor, disc jockey, writer, and tireless fighter for racial equality-has had a remarkable life by any measure. In this first biography of Otis, George Lipsitz tells the largely unknown story of a towering figure in the history of African American music and culture who was, by his own description, black by persuasion.
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University of Minnesota Press
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9780816666799
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Midnight at the Barrelhouse: the Johnny Otis Story