For those (like me) who love independent bookstores, Stepson of the Blues is now being sold in Hyde Park (home of the Obamas) at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.  Stop in and pick up your copy:

http://semcoop.indiebound.com/57th-street-books

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The New York based artist support group Fractured Atlas has profiled Bonni's co-authored book Stepson of the Blues, the autobiography of Chicago bluesman Larry Taylor.  In an interview with Fractured Atlas, Bonni talks about her fund raising efforts…

Stepson of the Blues, Larry Hill Taylor's autobiography which Bonni co-authored, has been published in June 2010 by Peaceful Patriot Press.  The book and its authors contributed to dialogs about African American musicians and the blues at the Blues and…

Bonni brought the Chicago School of Blues to Sweet Home WVa the first weekend of March 2010 For this trip, West Virginia horn standouts Bob Redd, trumpet, and Dugan Carter, sax, joined CSB's Killer Ray Allison, CC Copeland, West…

I love the blues. And I’m not the only one. This 20th century form of African American music has spread around the world, because it is a universal cry for understanding of the joys and sorrows people go through every…

Hampshire County WV friends and musicians rejoined Frederick County VA (the Revolutionary War era mother of both counties) on Nov. 20 2009 for a Barrelhouse Bonni concert at the Handley Library. Francis and KC Chilcoat, Steve and Terry Bailes, and…

Rock for Kids, the charity that offers music instruction for underprivileged children, opened up a door on the West Side of Chicago and the School of Blues walked--or danced--right in! Students and staff at Chalmers Elementary School at Roosevelt &amp…

On Friday Aug. 14, the Chicago School of Blues, a band of veteran South and West Siders organized by Bonni for summer blues programs sponsored by Rock for Kids, gave a show for 115 children from South Side homeless shelters…

Charleston WV's vibrant black music history--and the current talented musicians--will be enjoyed by all at a Charleston Blues Society concert Feb. 29 at the Unitarian Universalist Church Our blues society has begun collecting this history, which goes back to…

The controversy over where the blues originated, do your homework. It came from the bowels of slaves and former slaves and their descendents. Call it what you want,race card or whatever, Bonni has the right to say what she believes…