Georgia Author Honors State's Blues Music in New Book Southern Crossroads Georgia Blues

Marietta GA, December 17, 2015 (Newswire.com) -  Georgia has a rich history of blue music, beginning with Blind Wille McTell and continuing to the present with  today's talented musicians.  Rhetta Akamatsu, author and Georgia resident, loves the music and wanted to see it chronicled.  That is why she wrote Southern Crossroads: Georgia Blues. 

The lavishly illustrated book begins with the colorful characters  of the 1920;s and 30's and includes many legends living and dead and.profiles of popular performers today. 

"She captures not only the rich hihstory of the blues in Georgia, but also the strong and vibrant blues shcene that exists today."

Geore Kelin, Co=President of The Atlanta Blues Society

Rhetta is a sponsor of The Atlanta Blues Society and has also written a number of other books including one about blues women. She reports music and blues news regularly on line.