Albert Lee Murray |
Albert Murray was born in Nokomis and educated at Tuskeegee Institute where he taught alongside Ralph Ellison. He is respected as the nation's premiere writer of Blues music and personalities. He received the ASCAP award for music criticism and the Lillian Smith Award. He was named by the Alabama Library Association as Author of the Year, and he just recently was presented with the Harper Lee Lifetime Literary Award in Monroeville.
He retired as a major in the United States Air Force and has been writer-in-residence, lecturer, and held chair positions at many of the most prestigious colleges in the nation.
Albert Murray's books include the following:
The Good Morning Blues
The Hero and the Blues
South to a Very Old Place
The Omni-Americans
From the Brairpatch File
The Spyglass Tree
Stomping the Blues
Train Whistle Guitar
The Seven League Boots
Rick Bragg in the Movies
Even though you weren’t able to attend the September 26, 2011, sold-out world premiere of Alabama’s Rick Bragg: Out of the Dirt, here’s your opportunity to view the entire movie at home, as well as much bonus footage not seen in the original documentary.
Listen in on distinguished Alabamaians, local friends and family tell inside tales on Rick as a child and award-winning best-selling author. Rick also gives his life’s philosophy in many scenes. Find out about his mother’s poetry; hear his aunt tell of dressing him as a girl when he was a tot. If ever there was a priceless gift, this is it.
You may order the two DVD (22.95) set through our secure, encrypted link Here
We also have signed copies of every edition of every Rick Bragg title ever written. You may view those by Clicking Here
