The 60-Year Career Of Blues Musician Delbert McClinton

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 4, 2017

Blues musician Delbert McClinton and author Diana Finlay Hendricks join us to discuss her new book Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few. The book chronicles McClinton's life and music, from growing up in Texas during World War WWII to playing roadhouses along Fort Worth’s Jacksboro Highway. McClinton and Finlay Hendricks also discuss how he continues to play concert and dance halls, theaters and festivals across the nation. 

Delbert and Diana will celebrate the book release with a Q&A on December 6th at Lucille's, the club at BB King Blues Bar in Times Square (237 W 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Ave.) at 7 p.m. The Q&A is open to the public and will also be livestreamed by BackStory Events and Guitar World.

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