TY  - BOOK
AB  - Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him.
AU  - Williams-Garcia, Rita,
AU  - Morrison, Frank,
CN  - PZ7.W6713
CN  - PZ7.W6713
ET  - First edition.
ID  - 808057
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Blues (Music)
KW  - Grandparent and child
KW  - Grandfathers
KW  - Bereavement
KW  - Families
KW  - Family life
N2  - Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him.
SN  - 9780062215918
SN  - 0062215914
T1  - Clayton Byrd goes underground /
TI  - Clayton Byrd goes underground /
ER  -