Published Writing and Research
A sampling of the published articles and groundbreaking primary research by Gene Tomko.
Lost Blues Files series, Living Blues magazine:
Left-Hand Charlie: The Last Great Excello & Goldband Mystery Man, November 2023.
Cleo Page: The Mysterious World of Cleo Page, November 2021.
Boogie Jake: We Used to Make ‘Em Talk, December 2013.
Leroy Washington: Louisiana’s Guitar Wizard, December 2012.
Cousin Leroy: Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone, February 2012.
Charlie Whitehead: Rediscovering Raw Spitt, October 2010.
The Mysterious Life of Little Willie Foster, Living Blues, November 2002.
Clickable links:
Bogalusa Boogie : Clifton Chenier, essay for the Library of Congress,
Gene Tomko Talks About a Forgotten Jazz Great, LSU Press blog, July 2020.
Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians
Some of the enigmatic blues and jazz musicians properly documented for the first time:
Country Jim Bledsoe
Lester Robertson
Cleo Page
Black Ivory King
Douglas Bellard
Alberta French Johnson
Henry Zeno
Evan Thomas
Good Rockin’ Bob
Jay Nelson
Gus Fontenette
Loomis Gibson
Burnell Santiago
Joe L. (Joe Louis Carter)
Steve J. Lewis
Little Miss Peggy
Rocket Morgan
Slim Cole
Jewell Douglas
Tal Miller
Charles “Mad Dog” Sheffield
Emma L. Jackson
Donald Jacobs
Little Victor