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Jason Peterson is a music journalist and former contributing writer for The Onion News Network. Blues with a Butter Knife is his first picture book. He is originally from the Chicago area. R. Gregory Christie is the award-winning illustrator of over fifty children's books, including The Palm of My Heart- Poetry by African American Children, edited by Davida Adedjouma, which won a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration, and Only Passing Through- The Story of Sojourner Truth, which was selected as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. He also owns and operates a bookstore that sells autographed children's books.
“It makes my heart so happy to see this book! I met CeDell in my mid-20s when I didn’t know the first thing about the blues. But his sound floored me and his spirit had an even greater impact on me. One of my mentors, Col. Bruce Hampton, turned us on to CeDell. We couldn’t believe our ears! Then we met him! Then we even got to play with him! Aside from the total musical wonder we experienced, the thing that honestly struck me the hardest was that CeDell was always lifting everyone else's spirits. His voice and guitar would also heal you for sure. He was a singular human being.”—Oteil Burbridge, two-time Grammy Award-winning bassist “CeDell's life and music crackled and popped like an old 78 RPM record. As this book beautifully illustrates, his story was one of both loss and joy. Which is, of course, the story of the blues.”—Roger Stolle, Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS
