By Matt Chaney, for ChaneysBlog.com
Copyright ©2019 for historical arrangement and original content by Matthew L. Chaney, Four Walls Publishing
Feb. 16, 2017
Missouri Boasts Its Place in Rock ‘n’ Roll History
March 6, 2017
Rock ‘n’ Roll Thrived in Underworld of the Missouri Delta
March 16, 2017
1964: The Beatles Flee For Hills of Missouri
April 2, 2017
The Local Elvis: From Good Kid to Garbo in Rock Legend
April 27, 2017
The Missouri Delta Nurtured Rock ‘n’ Roll
May 6, 2017
Memphis Cast Delta Beacon for Rockabillies
June 3, 2017
As Rockabilly Fell, Musicians Adapted in Delta
July 22, 2017
1955: Elvis Effect Rocked The Missouri Delta
July 29, 2017
Memphis, Sun Records Integrated Music in Race and Genre
Aug. 9, 2017
Rockabilly Born of Boomer America
Aug. 12, 2017
1955: The Local Elvis in Missouri, Cut 2
Aug. 24, 2017
1956: Girls Mob Elvis from Missouri to New York
Sept. 14, 2017
The Delta Factor In Great American Music
Sept. 26, 2017
Pioneer American Pop Star: Nelson Kneass
Sept. 30, 2017
Steamboats Impacted The South Despite Quaky Start
Oct. 16, 2017
Entertainers Followed Rivers West and South
Oct. 24, 2017
River Music, American Music Prior to Civil War
Nov. 10, 2017
American Pop Music’s Bittersweet, Essential Beginning
Nov. 19, 2017
River Entertainment Illuminated Cairo in Desolate Delta
Dec. 1, 2017
Blacks Electrified Early American Music and Dance
Dec. 14, 2017
Showbiz Hooked the Kids of Cairo, Illinois
Jan. 13, 2018
Music and Social Mores in Swamp-east Missouri
Feb. 2, 2018
American Music: ‘Jazz horns were on fire along the delta’
June 28, 2018
Jazz Great Jess Stacy Lived The Highs, Lows of Showbiz
July 8, 2018
Hot Dancing’s Popularity Overwhelmed Churchmen a Century Ago
August 10, 2018
Showbiz Landed at the Missouri Delta and Cairo
August 31, 2018
Olden Circus Topped Baseball for Athleticism at Cairo, Illinois
September 19, 2018
Circus Spectacle Inspired Show Hopefuls at Cairo, Illinois
November 10, 2018
Delta Youths Gravitated Toward Music, Stage Stardom
December 29, 2018
1881: Song and Dance Rocked the Opera House at Cairo, Illinois
January 29, 2019
Pioneer Radio Aired Jazz and Country Music from Paducah
January 31, 2019
Radio Rolled Out Grand Ole Opry from Nashville
February 26, 2019
Jess Stacy Grew With American Music in the Missouri Delta
August 15, 2019
1932: Final Tour for Jimmie Rodgers, Father of Country Music
Writer and consultant Matt Chaney is compiling companion books on Southern music. Tentative titles are River Shows, Jazz and Country Music in the Northern Delta: Legends of Song, Dance and Circus; and Rockabillies in the Missouri Delta. See Chaney’s page Stories from River Music to Rock in the Northern Delta. For more information, including Chaney’s previous books, visit www.fourwallspublishing.com. Email: mattchaney@fourwallspublishing.com.