Blog Question 3

Are today's music industry executives any different from Leonard Chess? Have performers like Michael Jackson, Jay-Z and P-Diddy changed the way the music industry deals with black artist?

Chess Studios today as Wiillie Dixon's "Blues Heaven"

Inside Chess Studios Recording Room

Chess Studios Building in the 1940's

Blog Question Number 2

The "Crossroads" is a powerful concept in Voodoun culture and religion. In part it symbolizes the uncomfortable point in life when one must make a choice or select a path. The choice or path you select may be determined by your values, needs or wants. In the Record Men, Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul at the "Crossroads" for fame and fortune. Do you recognize any "crossroads" that confront various individuals in the book? As you answer that question, consider any "crossroads" you may have faced in your own life. Did you make your decision based on lust, love, money , etc.?

The "Crossroads" in the Mississippi Delta

This is the location where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil and became the greatest Delta blues player that ever lived

RACC 2010 Book Review Contest

The RACC 2010 Book Review Contest Guidelines:
1. Prize - $150.00
2. 3 to 5 page typed review; must be turned in by April 9, 2010 to the Department of Behavioral Sciences.
3. Contestants must also participate in RACC 2010 blog; at a minimum you must answer/respond to posted blog questions.