Ann Charters, better known as Jack Kerouac's biographer and witness-historian of the Beats, also saw firsthand the making of The Country Blues, published by her late husband Samuel Charters in 1959. Though other writers had touched on blues history, none had the impact of Charters and The Country Blues, which launched the so-called 'blues revival' (a term I hate, but is what is). Ann comfortably weaves Kerouac, Blind Willie Johnson, and Vladimir Horowitz into the discussion, while sharing unique firsthand perspective of an iconic work of history and people like Sleepy John Estes who helped make it happen. You'll be pleasantly surprised to learn who encouraged Sam to write The Country Blues.