Author of "Amazing Grace" (33 1/3; Bloomsbury), "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power" (University of Chicago Press) and co-author of Ramsey Lewis' memoir, "Gentleman Of Jazz: A Life In Music" (Blackstone)
Singer/harmonica player with the James Dean Joint
Freelance writer with the Reader, Chicago, Streetsblog and other publications
Host of "Hoodoo Party" on WLUW-FM