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FM rock deejay and private investigator Rick Shannon is back in a big way in the second novel of a series that began with the rollicking Radio Activity.Highway 61 Resurfaced kicks off when a woman named Lollie Woolfolk sashays into the offices of Rockin' Vestigations and says she wants to find her long lost granddaddy, blues producer Tucker Woolfolk. Before it's over, Rick Shannon has crisscrossed the sweltering Mississippi Delta in search of the thread that connects a dead man in Yazoo show more City found with a fork stuck in his back to an old man known as Pigfoot Morgan who was just released from Mississippi State Penitentiary after serving fifty years for murder. Further complicating matters is the lovesick Crail Pitts, onetime Ole Miss football star who is driving around the Magnolia State with a noisy lawyer in his trunk, and Cuffie LeFleur, one of four generations of a cotton dynasty that may be on its last legs. In the end, everything points to one of the great mysteries in blues lore: whether Blind Buddy Cotton, Crippled Willie Jefferson, and Crazy Earl Tate ever recorded together. When Rick starts a rumor that he's found the tapes from the legendary Blind, Crippled, and Crazy sessions, a killer is sent to collect them and Rick starts singing the PI blues.
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I enjoyed this book. The detailed descriptions shift the focus to the amusing aspects of life, and provide such great visuals…I keep seeing the kitten, Crusty Boogers, sneezing all over everything. I wonder if that comes from the author’s stint as a DJ, using words to create pictures in people’s minds.
I found the depiction of the history and culture of the old South, the birth of the blues and the record industry really interesting.
The characters are warmly compelling. They seemed real, and yet not overly depressed or stressed. The characters think, they snore, they say and do stupid, ordinary and clever things.
The twists in the story line are amusing and the book is a light enjoyable read. However, the combination of the show more delicious descriptions, the tangibility of the characters, and the enriching views of life in the old South take this book to a level beyond “fluff”. show less
I found the depiction of the history and culture of the old South, the birth of the blues and the record industry really interesting.
The characters are warmly compelling. They seemed real, and yet not overly depressed or stressed. The characters think, they snore, they say and do stupid, ordinary and clever things.
The twists in the story line are amusing and the book is a light enjoyable read. However, the combination of the show more delicious descriptions, the tangibility of the characters, and the enriching views of life in the old South take this book to a level beyond “fluff”. show less
Well written with lots of Blues history placed in the plot of the book without being intrusive. So, you get a nice story and some "learning" along the way.
Funny, light reading. Not great literature. I'm a Fitzhugh fan from way way back.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Rick Shannon
- Important places
- Mississippi, USA
- Dedication
- To Kendall, my reason for not singing the blues.
- First words
- Durden Tate was a wealthy man.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The guys did a few concerts, a DVD, and a couple of TV specials and, when all was said and done, everybody got they nickels and went on home.
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