Stephen George Calt (March 14, 1946 – October 17, 2010) was an American blues researcher and writer, who wrote biographies of Skip James and Charley Patton.
A teenage blues fan, Calt met Skip James at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.
In it, Calt says of their first meeting: "Had I known how our lives would intersect over the next four years, I would not have initiated that first conversation.
"[1] In 1988, Calt's book, King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton, was published.
[2] Calt died of emphysema in Queens, New York, in 2010, aged 64.