A student and friend of the Rev. Gary Davis, Roy Book Binder (born 1943) is a blues guitar entertainer. Equally at home with blues and ragtime, "Book" shifts from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions with both traditional and self-styled licks. His storytelling emphasis is another characteristic that makes his style unique. Mixing stories of the great bluesmen he has known with songs that emphasize his points, he keeps his audiences well entertained.