Lauterbach is well suited to tell the story of Elvis' Black musical forebears. Hailed by historian Greil Marcus as “the most valuable chronicler of African American music as a fulcrum and a ...

According to Ray Connolly in Being Elvis, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, a black Mississippian ... and what was then called “race music” — music by southern blacks — to make something ...

For music historian Preston Lauterbach, Elvis Presley stands out as an artist who synthesized a remarkable range of styles — ...

Black Ensemble Theater is presenting the World Premiere of Elvis Was a Black Man Named Joe written and directed by Jackie Taylor. The production, inspired by her late brother and growing up in ...