Jay Brakefield
Jay Fenton Brakefield is a native of Houston and graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in English in 1968. He spent four decades as a newspaper reporter and copy editor. Early on he developed a keen interest in "roots music," especially blues and jazz, and wrote a number of related articles for the Dallas Morning News. Brakefield and Alan Govenar have collaborated on a number of projects, including Deep Ellum and Central Track and See That My Grave is Kept Clean, a biography of Blind Lemon Jefferson (both forthcoming from Deep Vellum, 2023).
