The vibrant urban folk scene of the 1960s is dazzlingly portrayed in this collection of more than 150 previously unpublished photographs by Raeburn Flerlage. From concert performances and studio sessions to interviews and intimate club shows, Flerlage's images effortlessly capture the essence of both the artists and their music. Arresting photographs of popular performers, such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger, mingle with those of more traditional musicians, including the Reverend Gary Davis, Booker White, Dock Boggs, and Mother Maybelle Carter as well as many other blues, bluegrass, Cajun, and gospel artists who performed at the University of Chicago Folk Festival.  

Raeburn Flerlage's profile page

Ronald D. Cohen's profile page

Bob Riesman's profile page

Raeburn Flerlage was an acclaimed photographer of the Chicago Blues scene. His work has appeared in magazines such as Blues Access, DownBeat, Living Blues, and Sing Out!; books including Blues Legends and Who's Who in the Blues; and on record covers for Chess, Delmark, and RCA record labels. Ronald D. Cohen is the author of Folk Music: The Basics and A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States and a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University. He lives in Gary, Indiana. Bob Riesman is the author of the forthcoming biography I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy. He lives in Chicago.

"This 10 x 8 trade paperback collects 150 black-and-white photographs by Raeburn Flerlage from late 1959 through the beginning of 1970, documenting a decade's worth of Chicago Folk Festivals and sessions at the Old Town School of Folk Music."  —Goldmine

"A treasure that eloquently documents our folk heroes from a long-gone era."  —Sing Out!