drag burlesque

A look into mid-century drag history and how it overlaps with and was inspired by burlesque. Sources: Video: Joe E. Jeffreys (dir). Dorian: A Picture, http://youtu.be/NI85Tn-sG7k Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box about Stormé DeLarverie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6W6hEzzFM Videos on the history of My-O-My http://www.neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/367#.VC8T5fldWSo Audio: Jimmy Callaway master of ceremonies at Club My O My http://queermusicheritage.com/drag-callaway.html Rae/Ray Bourbon recordings https://archive.org/details/RaeBourbon-LadiesOfBurlesque Links: Extensive history of the wacky history of Rae/Ray Bourbon. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2012/07/murder-in-mink-crimes-of-ray-bourbon.html Randy A. Riddle is writing a book on Bourbon and shares his research on this web page, including excerpts of Bourbon’s autobiography and a pdf file of a novel Bourbon wrote titled, Hookers. http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon.html Extensive site about the history of drag performance- absolute internet rabbit hole full of scanned programs, newspaper clippings, audio recordings and more. http://queermusicheritage.com/drag.html Incredible site full of interviews with drag performers and tribute pages. david-de-alba.com Books: Aleshia Brevard The Woman I Was Not Meant to be- a Transsexual Journey Hedy Jo Star “I changed my sex!": the autobiography of stripper Hedy Jo Star formerly Carl Hammonds