Blues, Jazz, Gospel & Soul
Abbott, Lynn, and Doug Seroff. Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Bastin, Bruce. Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986.
Eagle, Bob, and Eric S. LeBlanc. Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013.
Hare, J. Historic Frenchtown: Heart and heritage in Tallahassee. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2006.
Lauterbach, Preston. The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011.
Rock and Roll
Jourard, Marty. Music Everywhere: The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2016.
Kealing, Bob. Elvis Ignited: The Rise of an Icon in Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017.