This website aims to inform you more about me, the author, and my publications together with Golden Crest Records. Our main aim is to send you rushing to your collections to play all those great records again!
Golden Crest Records is an original independent label, founded in 1956, that has entered the streaming era (see "Golden Crest Records" tab).
My three books are: "Record Makers and Breakers," "Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans" (originally “Walking to New Orleans”) and "South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous."

NEWS
Walking to New Orleans aka Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, enjoyed its 50th anniversary on August 9, 2024! In celebration, Record Collector published a Q&A with Tony Burke in its May 2024 issue; Blues & Rhythm published the backstory to the book in B&R 385 (August/September 2024); and Jasmine Records will be released a double CD, "Walking to New Orleans: 50th Anniversary Album ... An Aural Accompaniment" (JASMCD 3300), compiled by JJB.