By: Brian Berger

“I left Memphis to spread the news / Memphis women don’t wear no shoes”

By: Flourish Klink

In comparison to the Beliebers, he is a cipher.

By: Erik Davis

Woozy chromaticism, electronica goofs, shaggy-dog ragas.

By: Jerrold Freitag

The ghost in Cash’s machine was Sturm und Drang Romanticism.

By: Brian Berger

“The greatest blues singer that I ever knew.”

By: Brian Berger

“The fingering and pedaling are often of a revolutionary character.”

By: Brian Berger

Forget everything you thought you knew about “Half-Pint” Jaxon.

By: Brian Berger

Twisting, wry and dolorous laments.

By: Joe Alterio

Though he ended up on the world’s biggest stages, he was a mensch.

By: Lynn Peril

“Adventures Close to Home” became one fan’s anthem.

By: Gary Panter

The Queen of the Beatniks produced a psych masterpiece in 1969.

By: Tor Aarestad

Dorky chic, unmusically musical, awkwardly sexy.

By: Brian Berger

“I had to burn a guy a little and they gave me a little time”

By: Tom Nealon

His brilliance is perpetually muffled.

By: Devin McKinney

If he can make a comeback, maybe the human race can too.