The Hero and the Blues

Name: The Hero and the Blues
Author: Albert Murray

by Albert Murray

Essays exploring heroism through the lens of blues music and culture

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Albert Murray

Albert Murray was a major theorist of African American culture and an accomplished novelist whose Train Whistle Guitar is a lyrical account of a Black boy's coming of age in Alabama informed by the blues aesthetic. He was a central figure in the later career of Ralph Ellison.

More by Albert Murray

Train Whistle GuitarBlues musician and storyteller reflects on boyhood, love, and manhood
The Spyglass TreeComing-of-age novel set in the American South following a young musician
The Seven League BootsNovel tracing a young man's journey through jazz and personal discovery
The Magic KeysSequel exploring identity and artistic transformation through music and travel
South to a Very Old PlaceMemoir of a return to the American South exploring culture and heritage
The Omni-AmericansEssays on blues music, American culture, and the African American experience