* *Deep Blues:A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta* (1981)
* *Jelly Roll Morton:The Collected Piano Music* (1984)
* *A Tale of Two Cities:Memphis Rock and Roll and the Birth of Soul Music* (1992)
* *Rock &Roll:An Unruly History* (1995)
* *Blues &Chaos:The Music Writing of Robert Palmer* (2009)
* *Son House:The Complete Master Recordings, 1941–1942* (2010)
* *Robert Johnson:The Complete Recordings* (2013)
* *Muddy Waters:The Complete Plantation Recordings, 1941–1942* (2014)
* *Hvordan musikk fungerer* (2020)
Skjønnlitteratur:
* *The Sound of His Own Voice:A Novel* (1991)