Lone Star Swing

Author : Duncan McLean
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Country music
ISBN : 0099534711

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Lone Star Swing by Duncan McLean Pdf

Author : Duncan McLean
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021016204

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Lone Star Swing by Duncan McLean Pdf

Duncan McLean travelled from Orkney to Texas in spring 1995, to go in search of Bob Wills and his Texas playboys, purveyors of the hybrid of jazz, blues, country and mariachi that is Western Swing. Paying homage to Bob Wills' hometown Turkey, McLean captures the absurdities of Texas.

Author : Duncan MacLean
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0099276798

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Lone Star Swing by Duncan MacLean Pdf

Author : Dave Oliphant
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780292778870

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Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State by Dave Oliphant Pdf

Jazz is one of America's greatest gifts to the arts, and native Texas musicians have played a major role in the development of jazz from its birth in ragtime, blues, and boogie-woogie to its most contemporary manifestation in free jazz. Dave Oliphant began the fascinating story of Texans and jazz in his acclaimed book Texan Jazz, published in 1996. Continuing his riff on this intriguing musical theme, Oliphant uncovers in this new volume more of the prolific connections between Texas musicians and jazz. Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State presents sixteen published and previously unpublished essays on Texans and jazz. Oliphant celebrates the contributions of such vital figures as Eddie Durham, Kenny Dorham, Leo Wright, and Ornette Coleman. He also takes a fuller look at Western Swing through Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies and a review of Duncan McLean's Lone Star Swing. In addition, he traces the relationship between British jazz criticism and Texas jazz and defends the reputation of Texas folklorist Alan Lomax as the first biographer of legendary jazz pianist-composer Jelly Roll Morton. In other essays, Oliphant examines the links between jazz and literature, including fiction and poetry by Texas writers, and reveals the seemingly unlikely connection between Texas and Wisconsin in jazz annals. All the essays in this book underscore the important parts played by Texas musicians in jazz history and the significance of Texas to jazz, as also demonstrated by Oliphant's reviews of the Ken Burns PBS series on jazz and Alfred Appel Jr.'s Jazz Modernism.

Author : E. Joe Deering
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781603441483

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Lovin' That Lone Star Flag by E. Joe Deering Pdf

Texans will decorate almost anything with their state flag, and E. Joe Deering has the pictures to prove it. In Lovin’ That Lone Star Flag, photographer Deering has collected more than a hundred of his favorite images, showing state-flag-adorned pickup trucks, belt buckles, hang gliders, rooftops, and more. Starting when he was a staff photographer for the Houston Chronicle, Deering began noticing, as he toured the state on various assignments, how often he saw the image of the Texas flag painted on buildings, vehicles, barn doors, and other places. His curiosity led to an idea for a photographic essay, published by the Chronicle, and this in turn resulted in an exhibit at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station of his “flagotography.” Paired with Deering’s lively captions recording the circumstances and locations of these uniquely Texan creations as well as former Chronicle colleague Ruth Rendon’s introduction of Deering and his work, these striking photographs capture Texans’ infectious enjoyment of their state symbol on land, on water, and in the air. Lovin’ That Lone Star Flag will bring a smile to your face. It might even get you in the mood for a little Texas Two-Step. . . .

Author : Jolene Navarro
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460337479

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Lone Star Hero by Jolene Navarro Pdf

A Second Chance At Love Single mom Vickie Lawson is back in her Texas hometown, intent on making a better life for her children. But when her son's troubles lead childhood sweetheart Jake Torres to her door, she realizes her feelings for him never went away. Now a State Trooper, Jake vows not to be distracted by the beautiful woman who once held his heart. He's never revealed to her the secret that tore them apart. Jake fears if he does, she—and the whole town—will never forgive him. But if Vickie and Jake can untangle the past, they may have another chance at forever.

Author : Alan C. Elliott
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780738503561

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Texas Ingenuity: Lone Star Inventions, Inventors & Innovators by Alan C. Elliott Pdf

This book is a collection of informative, and sometimes quirky, stories about Lone Star innovators, inventors and inventions. Each story emphasizes a Texas connection and shows how Texas ingenuity, determination or sheer dumb luck made the person or product famous and successful.

Author : Gary Hartman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 160344002X

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The History of Texas Music by Gary Hartman Pdf

The richly diverse ethnic heritage of the Lone Star State has brought to the Southwest a remarkable array of rhythms, instruments, and musical styles that have blended here in unique ways and, in turn, have helped shape the music of the nation and the world. Historian Gary Hartman writes knowingly and lovingly of the Lone Star State’s musical traditions. In the first thorough survey of the vast and complex cultural mosaic that has produced what we know today as “Texas music,” he paints a broad, panoramic view, offers analysis of the origins of and influences on specific genres, profiles key musicians, and provides guidance to additional sources for further information. A musician himself, Hartman draws on both academic and non-academic sources to give a more complete understanding of the state’s remarkable musical history and ethnic community studies with his first-hand knowledge of how important music is as a cultural medium through which human beings communicate information, ideas, emotions, values, and beliefs, and bond together as friends, families, and communities. The History of Texas Music incorporates a selection of well-chosen photographs of both prominent and less-well-known artists and describes not only the ethnic origins of much of Texas music but also the cross-pollination among various genres. Today, the music of Texas—which includes Native American music, gospel, blues, ragtime, swing, jazz, rhythm and blues, conjunto, Tejano, Cajun, zydeco, western swing, honky tonk, polkas, schottsches, rock & roll, rap, hip hop and more—reflects the unique cultural dynamics of the Southwest.

Author : Lawrence Clayton,Joe W. Specht
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603445757

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The Roots of Texas Music by Lawrence Clayton,Joe W. Specht Pdf

Contains nine essays in which the authors examine various aspects of Texas music from its beginnings to 1950, providing an overview of Texas music history, and discussing Texan jazz, country music, early Texas bluesmen, classical and religious music, and various ethnic genres.

Author : Leslie Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Cattle breeders
ISBN : 1408490870

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Swing a Wide Loop by Leslie Scott Pdf

Fort Worth and Dallas were rivals For The outstanding metropolis in the Lone Star State. But men like Jim Wayne, who knows FortWorth well, realise that Fort Worth has the upper hand.

Author : Laurie E. Jasinski
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 2008 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780876112977

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Handbook of Texas Music by Laurie E. Jasinski Pdf

The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State’s landscape. According to Casey Monahan, “To travel Texas with music as your guide is a year-round opportunity to experience first-hand this amazing cultural force….Texas music offers a vibrant and enjoyable experience through which to understand and enjoy Texas culture.” Building on the work of The Handbook of Texas Music that was published in 2003 and in partnership with the Texas Music Office and the Center for Texas Music History (Texas State University-San Marcos), The Handbook of Texas Music, Second Edition, offers completely updated entries and features new and expanded coverage of the musicians, ensembles, dance halls, festivals, businesses, orchestras, organizations, and genres that have helped define the state’s musical legacy. · More than 850 articles, including almost 400 new entries· 255 images, including more than 170 new photos, sheet music art, and posters that lavishly illustrate the text· Appendix with a stage name listing for musicians Supported by an outstanding team of music advisors from across the state, The Handbook of Texas Music, Second Edition, furnishes new articles on the music festivals, museums, and halls of fame in Texas, as well as the many honky-tonks, concert halls, and clubs big and small, that invite readers to explore their own musical journeys. Scholarship on many of the state’s pioneering groups and the recording industry and professionals who helped produce and promote their music provides fresh insight into the history of Texas music and its influence far beyond the state’s borders. Celebrate the musical tapestry of Texas from A to Z!

Author : Tony Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0198043589

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Country Music Originals by Tony Russell Pdf

Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration. Included here are not only such major figures as Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, and Gene Autry, who put country music on America's cultural map, but many fascinating lesser-known figures as well, such as Carson Robison, Otto Gray, Chris Bouchillon, Emry Arthur and dozens more, many of whose stories are told here for the first time. To map some of the winding, untraveled roads that connect today's music to its ancestors, Tony Russell draws upon new research and rare source material, such as contemporary newspaper reports and magazine articles, internet genealogy sites, and his own interviews with the musicians or their families. The result is a lively mix of colorful tales and anecdotes, priceless contemporary accounts of performances, illuminating social and historical context, and well-grounded critical judgment. The illustrations include artist photographs, record labels, song sheets, newspaper clippings, cartoons, and magazine covers, recreating the look and feel of the entire culture of country music. Each essay includes as well a playlist of recommended and currently available recordings for each artist. Finally, the paperback edition now features an extensive index.

Author : David Dicaire
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 0786485582

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The First Generation of Country Music Stars by David Dicaire Pdf

This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid–1980s. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers. Covered musicians include Fiddlin’ John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr., Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.

Author : Jason Mellard
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292753006

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Progressive Country by Jason Mellard Pdf

"Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Author : Richard Havers,Richard Evans
Publisher : Book Sales Inc
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0785826254

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The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll by Richard Havers,Richard Evans Pdf

Chronicles the history of blues music from its emergence in the early 1900s through the twentieth century, and describes the musical accomplishments of Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, B.B. King, and others. Includes an audio CD.