For generations, "chitlin\' circuit" has meant second tier--brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight.
Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a groundbreaking account of the birth of Rock \'n\' Roll in black America..
For generations, "chitlin\' circuit" has meant second tier--brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight