The Classic Blues... and the Women who Sang Them  Beginning
right after the following modest advertisement, we offer some
background reading to help you enjoy the award-winning video
from Calliope, "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues." And we tell
you how to get it.  "A brilliant film that reveals the central
role of women performers in the blues." - Dr. William A. Ferris,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities  "DON'T MISS
THIS SHOW -- 'Wild Women' is everything its title implies." -
The Boston Globe  "Vintage clips, some great old songs and a
wealth of juicy anecdotes combine to make 'Wild Women Don't Have
the Blues' AN ENJOYABLE, ENLIGHTENING HOUR." - TV Guide   "A
SUPERB hour-long examination not only of the idiom itself, but
also of its social origins, evolution and impact on black
America ... - Leonard Feather, music critic and historian, Los
Angeles Times  "One of the most thoughtfully researched, wisely
edited documents on music in recent memory." - Leslie
Rubinstein, entertainment writer and au