Producing and directing a segment for CBS's West 57th about early black R and B legends Ruth Brown and Bo Diddley being cheated out of record royalties, led to his novel Ivory Joe, the story of a 1950s family being caught up in the turmoil of the music industry at the dawn of Rock and Roll.
The creation and direction of a segment for CBS's West 57th about early black R&B legends Ruth Brown and Bo Diddley being cheated on record royalties inspired his novel Ivory Joe, which recounts the story of a 1950s family experiencing the music industry’s upheaval at Rock and Roll’s dawn.