About the Author
The six authors of The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown-Ken Clay, Michael L. Jones, Wilma Westfield Clayborn, Keith Clements, Gary Falk, and Ron Lewis-have spent their lives immersed in a variety of roles within many genres of music and entertainment in Louisville, all sharing the same dream to research, write, and publish a coffee table book that would be the first-ever comprehensive record of Louisville’s African American musicians, entertainers, promoters, and enablers. Their comprehensive volume contains historical essays, hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs, and biographical sketches profiling award-winning African American musicians, songwriters, recording artists, singers, and entertainers who have performed on television, in films, and on stage.
