Foreword by Van Dyke Parks
Introduction by Marc Smirnoff
Blues
Various Artists: Falling Into Place by Peter Guralnick (2)
Leadbelly by Robert Gordon (1999)
Bessie Smith by Carol Ann Fitzgerald (2005)
Country
Jimmy Martin by Tom Piazza (1996)
Early History
Blind Tom Wiggins by John Ryan Seawright (1998)
Emmett Miller by Nick Tosches (1996)
Rock & Roll/Pop
My Morning Jacket by William Bowers (2003)
Janis Joplin by Cynthia Shearer (1996)
Chris Bell by John Jeremiah Sullivan (2003)
Jim White by Lee Durkee (2001)
Jazz
Eartha Kitt by Jack Hitt (2006)
Henry “Red” Allen by David Gates (2005)
Folk/Bluegrass
Doc Watson by William Gay (2)
Fred Neil by Mike Powell (2007)
Iris DeMent by Kevin Brockmeier (2007)
R&B/Soul
Ray Charles by Roy Blount, Jr. (2005)
Dusty Springfield by Jerry Wexler (1999)
Joe Tex by Michael Parker (2005)
Ike Turner by John Lewis (1999)
Family
My Mother’s Blues by Sheryl St. Germain (2007)
About A Girl by Wendy Brenner (2006)
Rockabilly
Jerry Lee Lewis by John Fergus Ryan (1995)
Southern Rock
The Allman Brothers by John T. Edge (2)
Lynyrd Skynyrd by Diane Roberts (2001)
Lynyrd Skynyrd a short story by Ron Rash (2006)
Southern Heavy Metal
An Ode by Bret Anthony Johnston (2006)
Blues: Dept. of R.L. Burnside
Authenticity Be Damned! by Will Blythe (2003)
Why I Wear My Mojo Hand by Robert Palmer (1996)
Walking After Midnight by Sven Birkerts (1998)
Homage to a Juke Joint by Beth Ann Fennelly (2006)

Rock & Roll II
Captain Beefheart by Mark Richard (1998)
The Sex Pistols by Mark Binelli (1998)
R&B: Dept. of Al Green
Raw and Born Again by Jeff Sharlet (2005)
Only His Voice Made Us Feel This Way by Susan Straight (2005)
Dept. of Elvis
Elvis Presley (As Portrayed by Bill Haney) by Tom Graves (1996)
Rock & Roll/Pop III
R.E.M. for the People by Elizabeth Wurtzel (1993)
Bobbie Gentry by Ron Carlson (1998)
Randy Newman by Anthony Walton (2000)
1967, a poem by Billy Collins (2005)
Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ by Chris Bachelder (2006)
Jazz II
King Pleasure by Michael Perry (2003)
Bob Dorough by Paul Reyes (2007)
Blues II
Hunting for Old Records: A True Story by R. Crumb (1996)
Portrait of the Artist as an Aging Lightnin’ Hopkins Enthusiast by Joe Sacco (2005)
Rockabilly II
Carl Perkins by Joseph G. Tidwell III (1996)
Dale Hawkins by Lauren Wilcox (2005)
Playing
Notes from the Underground (Twang Tour) by Marty Stuart (1998)
Lucinda Williams an oral history as told to Marc Woodworth (1996)
Guitar Lessons by Steve Yarbrough (1996)
Classical/Avant-Garde
Moondog by Daniel Alarcón (2005)
A Love Set to Music by P. Revess (1996)
At the Young Composer’s Concert a poem by Donald Justice (2)
Playing II
The Song of a Sad Café by Don Asher (2)
Banjo by Steve Martin (1999)
The Most Human Sound by Rosanne Cash (1996)