Tributaries, No. 16

Journal of the AFA. Articles include:

Across the Generations: Mobile, Alabama’s Excelsior Band — Emily Ruth Allen

The Excelsior Band: National Heritage Fellows — Joey Brackner

Cigar Box Guitars: Finding Voice and Community in North Alabama — John H. Saunders

The Freedom of the Unexpected: Profile of Cigar Box Guitar Builder Bill Jehle — Emily Blejwas

The Line: The Breeding Ground for Muscle Shoals Music — Russell Gulley

The Power of the Spirit of the Creative: A Remembrance of Brother Benjamin F. Perkins — Jeanie Thompson

A Picture from the Breezeway — Margaret Ann Snow

Alabama Blizzard — Amanda Banks

Book Reviews: Of Mules and Mud: The Story of Alabama Folk Potter Jerry Brown by Jerry Brown and Joey Brackner (review by Sarah Bryan); Distracted by Alabama: Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and Folklore by James Seay Brown Jr. (review by Michelle Little); Boyington Oak: A Grave Injustice by Mary S. Palmer (review by Alan Brown)