W.C. Handy. The Life and Times of the Man. Who Made the Blues. David Robertson. Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $26.95. It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the American imagination: a ...

W.C. Handy (right) nods approval and chuckles as an eighth-grade pupil, Donell Callaway, 13, wails blues on his trumpet in New York City in 1954. (AP Photo) ...

W.C. Handy, composer of the "St. Louis Blues," plays his famous melody at St. Louis Sportsman's Park on July 10, 1944, during the American Negro Music Festival.

"W.C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues," by David Robertson, is an overdue accounting of the can-do life of the musician who brought blues ...

W.C. Handy’s “Memphis Blues” is considered to be the first composition from the Blues genre. Tri-State favorite Blues 4U is the only band to play for every year of the festival.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Mark your calendars because this weekend is the W.C. Handy Festival. The W.C. Handy Festival pays tribute to William Christopher (W.C.) Handy, also known ...

The Bar-Kays are headlining the W.C. Handy Music Festival, which is scheduled to start this week and will come to a crescendo on Sunday, July 28, with plenty of events in between.