James Stewart

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The Cricket: Black Music in Evolution, 1968–69

2022

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Ben Caldwell's Exploitation blues comic, featuring a black saxophone player askign "How', I Doin' Norm?" and white representative of the music industry champing a cigar and responding "The Public's Not Ready for you yet—we're not makin' a dime! Keep playin!" His cup collecting tips is overflowing, and the musician is shackled to it

THE PUBLIC’S NOT READY FOR YOU YET: A Cricket Radio Show

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Eight hours of music, readings, and interviews celebrating The Cricket: Black Music in Evolution, 1968–69.