SECULAR MUSIC ARTICLES BY OPAL LOUIS NATIONS
The Jewel Akens Story - Now Dig This - 264 - March 2005

The Mel Alexander Story - Blues & Rhythm 131 - August 1998

The Mello-Man - The Mel Alexander Story - Blues & Rhythm 232 -Sept. 2008

The Ernie Andrews Story, Part 1 - Record Convention News - August / Sept. 2004

The Ernie Andrews Story, Part 2 - Record Convention News - October / Nov. 2004

Just Can't Get Enough - The Story of The Apollas & associated groups -
In The Basement 49 - February-April 2008

Duck Baker - Dirty Linen Magazine 101 - Aug/Sept. 2002

The Jeanette Baker Story - Rhythm & News Magazine 12/13 (no date)

God Bless Our Love: The Story of The Ballads - In The Basement 41Feb./Apr. 2006

The Bay-Tone Records Story - Rock & Blues News - February / March 1999

The Jimmy Beasley Story - Real Blues 14 - August / Sept. 1998

The Harold Bennett Story - Real Blues 16 - Dec./January 1998-1999

The Norman Bowden Story, Part 1- Record Convention News- April / May 2005

The Norman Bowden Story, Part 2 - Record Convention News - June / July 2005

Cheap Thrills - Budget Bin Browsing - Blues & Rhythm 155 - Christmas 2000

Bobby Adams & The Calvanes - Oldies Forever 9 - Winter / Spring 2001

Earl Lewis & The Channels - Oldies Forever 10 - Summer 2001

The Dynamic Cotton Bros. - Big City Blues - Vol. 14, No. 6, Dec. 2008 / Jan. 2009

The Acapriccio Acapellist - The Eunice Davis Story - Blues & Rhythm 225 - Christmas
2007

Ray Dobard & Music City Records - Blues & Rhythm 234 - November 2008

The Down Home Music Story - Record Collector News

The Story of The Dreamers - Rock & Blues News - June / July 2000

The Monte Easter Story - Blues & Rhythm 169 - May 2002

The Monte Easter Story - Real Blues 17 - February / March 1999

Louis Madison & The Famous Flames - Now Dig This 252 - March 2004

You're A Gas With Your Trash - The Story of The 5 Pennies -
Now Dig This 279 - June 2006

The Be-Bop Boy - The Story of Johnny Flamingo - Now Dig This 215 - Feb. 2001

The Four Aces of Fort Worth, Texas - Blues & Rhythm 137 - March 1999

Down It Went - The Story of Luther McDaniel & The Four Deuces -
Now Dig This 219 - June 2001

Luther McDaniel & The Four Deuces - Rhythm & News Magazine - 14/15 (no date)  

Dusty Brooks & The Four Tones - Rhythm & News Magazine - 16/17 (no date)

Carol Fran - Real Blues 28 - 2004

Bobby Freeman - Rock & Blues News - Dec. 2000/January 2001

Wizards of the Oakland Blues - Geddins & Son - Real Blues 8 - Aug. / Sept. 1997

The Jackie Gotroe Story - In Dreams 26-27 - Winter/Spring 1997

Raised on Rock 'N Roll - The Jackie Gotroe Story - Now Dig This 247 - Oct. 2003


The Music-Master: The Miles Grayson Story - Blues & Rhythm 241 - August 2099


The Little (Lil) Frances Story - Big City Blues - Vol. 14, No. 6, Dec. 2008 / Jan. 2009

Lil Greenwood - Blues & Rhythm 178 - April 2003

The Angel From Above Found A Dream - The Rosie Hamlin Story -
Rock & Blues News - April / May  2001

48 Years of Magical Musical Memories - The Harptones - Oldies Forever 11 -
Fall / Winter 2001-2002

The Story of Tony Harris, Pt. 1 - Blues & Rhythm 115 - Christmas 1996

The Story of Tony Harris, Pt. 2 - Blues & Rhythm 116 - February 1997

Hey! This Is Walkin' & Talkin' Bill Hawkins- Blues & Rhythm 162 - September 2001

Johnny Heartsman- Blues & Rhythm 176 - February 2003

The Ronnie Height Story - Rock & Blues News - Dec. 1999 / January 2000

Hit / Majestic Records (written with Randy Tamberg) - Blues & Rhythm 138 -
April 1999

The Linda Hopkins Story - Blues & Rhythm 186 - February 2004

The Freddie Hughes Story - Something In My Eye - Juke Blues 54 -
Autumn-Winter 2003

The Intervals - Rhythm & News Magazine - 18/19 (no date)

The Roddy Jackson Story - Now Dig This 258 - September 2004

Along Came Al - The "Al" Adolph Jacobs Story - Now Dig This 302 - May 2008

Jasman Records - Real Blues 19 - June / July 1999

The Jaxyson Records Story - Blues and Gospel From Oakland's "Black
Broadway" - Blues & Rhythm 216 - February 2007

Morry Williams & The Kids- Blues & Rhythm 120 - June 1997

Saunders King - Bay Area Blues Pioneer - Rock & Blues News - Feb./Mar. 2001

The Christine Kittrell Story - Blues & Rhythm 147 -  March 2000

Breakin' Out - Glenn Lane - Real Blues 10 - Dec.1997 /January 1998

The Carrie Lee Story - Now Dig This 256 - July 2004


Fillmore District Doo-Wop - The Lyrics - American Music Magazine 119 - March 2009


Percy Milem & The Lyrics- Blues & Rhythm 174 - November 2002

Candy Man McGuirt - Blues & Rhythm 182 - September 2003

Miltone / Roy Milton Records - Blues & Rhythm 235 - Dec.2008 / Jan. 2009

Superman - The Johnnie Morisette Story - Rock & Blues News - Oct./Nov. 1999

The Native Boys - Rhythm & News Magazine 14/15 (no date)

I'm Your Puppet - The James & Bobby Purify Story - In The Basement 37 -
Feb-April  2005

The Story of The Rovers - Blues & Rhythm 163 - October 2001

The Rovers - Rhythm & News Magazine 11 (no date)

Those Red Hot Scamps - Rhythm & News Magazine 14/15 (no date)

Dahle Scott - Real Blues 24 - 2000

Ginger Smock & The Sepia-Tones - Blues & Rhythm 187 - March 2004

Rock 'N Roll Survivor - Rip Spencer - Rock & Blues News - April / May 2000

The Trilon Records - Rene T. LaMarre Story - Blues & Rhythm 231- August  2008

The Chico Vega Story - Blues & Rhythm 200 - June 2005

The Tall Cool Ones - The Wailers- Now Dig This 232 - July 2002

His Greatest Love -- The Willie West Story - American Music Magazine 118,
December 2008

Chick Willis - Before "Stooping Down" - The Early Years - Blues & Rhythm 215
- Christmas 2006

The Ted Wysinger Story - Real Blues 21-22 -  Dec. 1999 / January 2000

Topsy Turvy - The Benn Joe Zeppa Story (written w/ Alec Palao) -
Now Dig This 246 - September  2003

Rusty Zinn - Soul Bag 164 - Autumn 2001








GOSPEL MUSIC ARTICLES -  BY OPAL LOUIS NATIONS
The Apollos - Goldmine Magazine -  February 1999

Sister Lucile Barbee - Real Blues 7 - June / July 1997

Elder Charles Beck - Real Blues 26 - 2000

The Boyer Bros. - Real Blues 9 - Oct. / Nov. 1997

The Gospel Side of Nappy Brown - Big City Blues - Dec. / Jan. 2004-2005

Ruth Black-Castille - Real Blues 18 - April / May 1999


The Wynona Carr Story - The Gospel Years 1949-1954 as told through Wynona's
correspondence with Art Rupe of Specialty Records in Hollywood - Blues &
Rhythm 239 - May 2009


The Chosen Gospel Singers - Real Blues 6 - April / May 1997

The Gospel Soul of Otis Clay - Big City Blues - Dec. / Jan. 2000-2001

Rhonda Davis - Real Blues 27 - 2000


The Charles Derrick Story - with forays into the careers of Kip Anderson, Drink
Small and The Spiritualaires - Blues & Rhythm 242 - September 2009


The Flying Clouds of Detroit - Big City Blues - Oct. / Nov. 2004

The Gay Sisters - Blues Gazette 3 - Summer 1996

The Story of The Gospel Clefs - Blues & Rhythm 142 - Sept. 1999

Bessie Griffin - Part 1- Real Blues 11 - Feb. / Mar. 1998

Bessie Griffin - Part 2 - Real Blues 12- April / May 1998

The Harmonizing Four of Richmond, VA - The Early Years - Goldmine
Magazine - July 1994

Mahalia Jackson - The Pre-Apollo Years - Shuffle Boil 3 - Winter 2003

The Jewel Gospel Singers - Blues & Rhythm 126 - February 1998

Big Henry Johnson - Blues & Rhythm 151- August 2000

The Charles Johnson Story - Real Blues 5 - Feb. / Mar. 1997

The Kansas City Soul Revivers - Real Blues 15 - Oct. / Nov. 1998

The Georgia Louis Story - Blues & Rhythm 214 - November 2006


The Bishop Dready Manning Story - Big City Blues, Vol. 14, No. 7, Feb. 2009

Reverend Horace J. McClure - Real Blues 20 - Aug. / Sept. 1999

Oh Happy Day (Melody Kings, Combs Family, D. Morrison) -
Big City Blues - Dec. 2005 / Jan. 2006

The Beginnings of The Mighty Clouds of Joy - Blues Gazette 4 - Fall 1996

The Story of His Grace, King Louis Narcisse - Blues & Rhythm 150
- June / July 2000

The Nashboro Gospel Reissue Story - Blues & Rhythm 107- March 1996

The Norfleet Brothers of Chicago - Blues Gazette 4 - Fall 1996

The Norfleet Brothers of Chicago - Blues & Rhythm 207 - March 2006

John & Vermya Phillips - Real Blues 23 - 2000

The Tiny Powell Story - Blues & Rhythm 148 - April 2000

The Raymond Rasberry Singers - Soul Bag 160 - Autumn 2000

The Angel From Detroit – Della Reese - Part 1 - Big City Blues - Feb. / Mar. 2002

The Angel From Detroit – Della Reese - Part 2 - Big City Blues - June / July 2002

The Gospel Side of Roscoe Robinson - Blues & Rhythm 191- August 2004

The Royal Sons Quintet - Real Blues 13 - June / July 1998

Brother Cecil Shaw - Blues & Rhythm 198 - April 2005

The Story Behind the Specialty Legends of Gospel Series -
Blues & Rhythm 103 - October 1995

The (Original) Spiritual 5 on Nashboro Records - Blues & Rhythm 217 - Mar.07   
   
The Staple Singers - Early Days - Blues & Rhythm 128 - April 1998

A Fresh Awakening – Mavis Staples - Big City Blues - Dec. 2004 / Jan. 2005

Mavis Staples - The Unbroken Circle - Living Blues 175 - December 2004

The Stovall Sisters - Real Blues 23 - 2000

The Story of The Victory Five of Sacramento, Calif. - Blues & Rhythm 226
February 2008

The Rosie Wallace Story - Real Blues 25 - 2000

The Wings Over Jordan- Blues & Rhythm 160 - June 2001

Maceo Woods -The Vee Jay Years - Blues Gazette 4 - Fall 1996

The History of the Zion Travelers - Real Blues 4 - Dec. 1996 / Jan. 1997



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