Let it Shine on Me
Chicago Calling - The Life and Sound of Cyril Davies - D. Todd Allen
D. Todd Allen [+ ]
Music journalist and scholar
D. Todd Allen has been an avid researcher of popular music for the last twenty years and has contributed to a variety of websites, radio programmes, CBS Sunday Morning television, Mojo and Record Collector magazines, and several documentary films and books on the history of British blues. Todd lives and works in Canada on the beautiful Bay of Fundy coastline.
Description
1957: The influence that Davies and Korner were having throughout the year at the Round House was phenomenally widespread. The Round House community of performers, visiting artists, and club regulars were typically the most interesting, talented and extraordinary characters around. As the floodgates slowly parted, the trickle of American performers, like Big Bill Broonzy, would become a steady stream, and the Round House remained the intimate destination of choice for the visitors. Chapter