The Chitlin' Circuit And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll [Paperback]

For generations, chitlin' circuit has meant second tierbrash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight. Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a groundbreaking account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America.Lauterbachs tribute . . . is welcome and overdue. Jonathan Yardley,