Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues is a 2003 book written by Roger Wood, with photographs from James Fraher, published by the University of Texas Press; it is No.
Larry Willoughby of Austin Community College described the book as "an oral history, a socio-cultural study, a beautifully photographed pictorial, and a musicologist's primary source bonanza.
[1] His interest was piqued when he read a 1982 Houston Chronicle article about the death of musician Lightning Hopkins and realized that the church which held the funeral was in proximity to his workplace.
[6] Howard Beeth of Texas Southern University concluded that the "richly textured" Down in Houston "is in the tradition of valuable documentary work pioneered by John A. Lomax" and that the book "is a substantial addition to the good, hard work" done on the Southern cultural history and music of African-Americans in Texas.
"[5] Ruth Sullivan of Texas State University-San Marcos gave a positive review, and praised the "wonderful photographs".